List of highest towns by country

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This is a list of the highest settlements by country. Many of these are too small to be regarded as towns or cities. Only permanent settlements occupied year-round are included. When possible, the highest point in the contiguous year-round settlement is listed, though average heights or the elevations of a central point may also be found.

The elevation of a settlement affects the social and physical arrangement of the place. In many cases, the cold climate in winter necessitates a particular style of house; the type of agriculture practised and the domestic animals kept there are limited; or the type of work carried on is specialised.

Sovereign, fully recognized countries

Rank	Country	Town / city	Region / state	Height (m)	Height (ft)	Comment
1	Nepal	Chharka	Karnali	5,244	17,205	The highest permanent settlement in the world from the western part of Nepal sharing the border with Tibet.
2	Peru	La Rinconada	Puno	5,100	16,728	The second highest in the world according to National Geographic magazine (May 2003); pop. 30,000. Barrio Rit’ipata, consisting of miners' shacks, is above it.
3	China	Tuiwa	Tibet Autonomous Region	5,070	16,634
4	Bolivia	Santa Barbara	Potosí Department	4,770	15,600
5	India	Karzok	Ladakh	4,570	15,000	Hikkim in Himachal Pradesh has year-round residences from 4330 to 4400 meters. Komic, 2 km to the southeast of Hikkim has residences up to 4530 meters, and Korzok on Tso Moriri has year-round residences from 4525 to 4570 meters.
6	Chile	Parinacota	Arica-Parinacota	4,400	14,435
7	Nepal	Dingboche	Khumbu	4,350	14,301	Gorakshep (with an elevation of 5,100 m - 16,728 ft) are lodges near to Mount Everest base camp. Lobuche at 4950 metres, Gokyo at 4750 metres (15,583 ft), and Dughla, at 4593 metres (15,075 ft), are higher, but likely not permanently inhabited as they cater to trekkers during season.
8	Argentina	Mina Pirquitas	Jujuy Province	4,340	14,240	Mining company town, with up to 673 inhabitants
9	Ethiopia	Seqetat Bota	Amhara Region	4,207	13,802	Highest village in Africa. https://mapcarta.com/13003624
10	Afghanistan	Qarabolaq	Wakhan District	4,139	13,579
11	Kyrgyzstan	Chatyndy	Osh Province	3,820	12,533
11	Bhutan	Laya	Gasa District	3,820	12,533
12	Tajikistan	Murghab	Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region	3,650	11,975
13	Mexico	Raíces	Mexico	3,531	11,919
14	United States	Alma	Colorado	3,560	11,680
15	Venezuela	Apartaderos	Mérida	3,505	11,502	3,360 m. according to Google Maps.
16	Colombia	Vetas	Santander	3,350	10,990	3,230 m. according to Google Maps.
17	Ecuador	Papallacta	Napo	3,300	10,827	Zumbahua, according to Google Maps is the highest at 3,510 m.
18	Pakistan	Shimshal	Gilgit-Baltistan	3,200	10,499
19	Guatemala	Ixchiguán	San Marcos Department	3,185	10,449	highest town in Central America
20	Lesotho	Khalahali	Mokhotlong District	3,158	10,361
21	Costa Rica	Villa Mills	Cartago Province	3,100	10,173	Near Cerro de la Muerte, Talamanca Range. Permanent population: 65
22	Yemen	Kawkaban	Sana'a Governorate	2,931	9,616
23	Indonesia	Mulia	Papua Province	2,706	8,881
24	Cameroon	Ndu	Southwest Region	2,611	8,566
25	Eritrea	Adi Keyh	Debub	2,500	8,202
26	Iran	Fereydunshahr	Isfahan Province	2,490	8,169
27	Russia	Kurush	Dokuzparinskiy rayon, Dagestan	2,480	8,134	Highest village in Europe
28	Kenya	Iten	Elgeyo-Marakwet County	2,400	7,874
29	Azerbaijan	Khınalıg	Guba District	2,375	7,710	Population: 2,075
30	Georgia	Bochorna	Akhmeta Municipality	2,345	7,694	population only about 1, so Ushguli is generally seen as the highest 'substantial' village.
31	Morocco	Tacheddirt	Al Haouz	2,314	7,592
32	Armenia	Akhpradzor	Gegharkunik	2,293	7,444	Aragats research station with several buildings at 3200m is operating round the year.
33	Rwanda	Byumba	Northern Province	2,237	7,342
34	Turkey	Kapıköy	Van	2,220	7,284	Population: 635. Karayazı (population 4,724 in 2010) is situated at 2,450m
35	Andorra	Pas de la Casa	Encamp	2,219	7,280
36	Italy	Trepalle	Lombardy	2,209	7,247	Cited as highest parish in Europe by its Tourism board
37	Saudi Arabia	Abha	Asir	2,200	7,218	population about 680,912
38	Papua New Guinea	Wabag	Enga Province	2,182	7,162
39	Mongolia	Altai	Yesönbulag, Govi-Altai	2,181	7,156
41	Syria	Rankous	Rif Dimashq Governorate	2,150	7,052	Population: 19,900
42	Switzerland	Juf	Graubünden	2,126	6,973	Village with a population about 24, highest in Europe according to the municipality's (Avers) web page
43	France	Saint-Véran	Hautes-Alpes	2,040	6,692	Known as the highest commune of France - and the highest commune of Europe,
44	South Africa	Dullstroom	Mpumalanga	2,019	6,624
45	Uganda	Kabale	Western Region	2,000	6,560
46	Panama	Cerro Punta	Chiriquí Province	2,000	6,560
47	East Timor	Hatu-Builico	Ainaro District	2,000	6,560
48	Austria	Obergurgl	Tyrol	1,930	6,332	Hochgurgl is at 2150m (7,054 feet), but is not recognized as an independent village, but as a part of Obergurgl.
49	Burundi	Muramvya	Muramvya Province	1,924	6,315
50	Sri Lanka	Nuwara Eliya	Nuwara Eliya District, Central Province	1,868	6,128
51	Algeria	Tazrouk	Tazrouk District, Tamanrasset Province	1,827	5,994
52	Kazakhstan	Narynkol	Almaty Province	1,819	5,971
53	Madagascar	Soanindrariny	Vakinankaratra	1,817	5,964
54	Somalia	Erigavo	Sanaag	1,788	5,869
55	Comoros	La Convalescence	Grande Comore	1,787	5,866
56	Oman	Saiq	Ad Dakhiliyah Governorate	1,755	5,758
57	Lebanon	Bekaa Kafra	North Governorate	1,750	5,740
58	Namibia	Windhoek	Khomas Region	1,728	5,669	Also is the capital and largest city of the country. (286,000 people)
59	Angola	Huambo and Lubango	Huambo and Huíla	1,721	5,646
60	Honduras	La Esperanza	Intibucá Department	1,700	5,577
62	Tanzania	Mbeya	Mbeya Region	1,700	5,577
63	Spain	Valdelinares	Teruel, Aragon	1,693	5,553	https://web.archive.org/web/20140715174214/http://www.panageos.es/teruel/valdelinares
64	El Salvador	Apaneca	Ahuachapán Department	1,683	5,523
65	Canada	Lake Louise	Alberta	1,661	5,449
66	Djibouti	Airolaf	Tadjourah Region	1,667	5,468
67	Democratic Republic of the Congo	Masisi	North Kivu Province	1,651	5,419
68	Zimbabwe	Marondera	Mashonaland East	1,630	5,348
69	Brazil	Campos do Jordão	São Paulo	1,628	5,341
70	Vietnam	Sa Pa	Lào Cai Province	1,600	5,249
70	Bulgaria	Manastir	Plovdiv Province	1,600	5,249	Village centre at 1,460 m, highest neighbourhoods reaching above 1,600 m. Chamla in Smolyan Province is higher at ~1,650 m, but uninhabited since the 1980s. Dospat is the highest town in Bulgaria at 1358 m, as it was upgraded to a town status in 1974.
72	Malaysia	Brinchang	Pahang	1,592	5,226	Kundasang, located in Sabah, is higher (with 1,884 m), but it is a small village of the town of Ranau.
73	Malawi	Dedza	Central Region	1,590	5,216
74	Egypt	Saint Catherine	South Sinai Governorate	1,586	5,203
75	Niger	Inignaouei	Agadez Region, Arlit Department	1,556	5,108
76	Haiti	Kenscoff	Ouest	1,504	4,934
77	Eswatini	Sandlane	Manzini District	1,503	4,934
78	Philippines	Baguio	Benguet	1,500	4,921	There are towns that have higher altitude like Atok (2,200m or 7,400 ft), but among places that have city status Baguio is the highest.
78	Uzbekistan	Yangiabad	Tashkent Province	1,500	4,921
78	Cape Verde	Estância Roque	Fogo Island	1,500	4,921
81	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Lukomir	Herzegovina-Neretva Canton, Konjic municipality	1,495	4,905
82	Australia	Cabramurra	New South Wales	1,475	4,839	Highest on continent Several ski towns & villages are higher than Cabramurra. The highest town without a ski lift network is Dinner Plain at 1,570 metres
83	Thailand	Ban Na Yang	Chiang Mai Province	1,467	4,816
84	Montenegro	Žabljak	Žabljak Municipality	1,456	4,777
85	Greece	Seli, Samarina and Aetomilitsa	Epirus and Macedonia (Greece)	1,450	4,800
86	Guinea	Mali	Labé Region	1,441	4,712
87	Burma	Taunggyi	Shan State	1,436	4,730	Ndūng Ngid, situated in the Wa State, is a small town at an elevation of 2,235 m (7,333 ft). Area not controlled by the Burmese government.
88	Liechtenstein	Rotenboden	Triesenberg	1,416	4,645
89	Cyprus	Prodromos	Limassol District	1,380	4,528
90	Iraq	Penjwin	Sulaymaniyah Governorate	1,368	4,491
91	Romania	Fundata	Brașov County	1,360	4,462	https://m.adevarul.ro/locale/brasov/fundata-cea-mai-inalta-localitate-romania-locul-oamenii-avut-gospodariile-doua-state-diferite-oficial-mai-curat-aer-tara-1_550c69f0448e03c0fdbf3202/index.html]
92	Mozambique	Lichinga	Niassa Province	1,360	4,462
93	North Korea	Samjiyŏn	Ryanggang Province	1,356	4,452
94	North Macedonia	Kruševo	Kruševo Municipality	1,350	4,429	Kruševo is the highest town/ city in North Macedonia. The highest settlement in North Macedonia is Plakje near Ohrid, however it only has a population of 4.
95	Turkmenistan	Khodzhai-Fil'ata	Lebap Province	1,346	4,416
97	Laos	Phongsali	Phongsali Province	1,334	4,379
98	Jordan	Shoubak	Ma'an Governorate	1,330	4,360
99	Botswana	Kanye	Southern District	1,306	4,288
100	Vanuatu	Nokowoula	Sanma Province, Espiritu Santo Island	1,291	4,238
101	Zambia	Lusaka	Lusaka Province	1,279	4,196
102	Germany	Feldberg	Baden-Württemberg	1,277	4,190	highest German village
103	Nigeria	Jos	Plateau State	1,238	4,062
104	Norway	Finse	Western Norway	1,222	4,000
105	Nicaragua	San José de Cusmapa	Madriz Department	1,184	3,887
106	Dominican Republic	Constanza	La Vega Province	1,164	3,819	The highest residence situated in Constanza is at 1,330 m above sea level. Jamamucito is higher (1,410 m), but it is a small hamlet pertaining to the village of Jamamu, in the town of Las Placetas, belonging to the city of San José de las Matas.
107	Albania	Moscopole	Korçë County	1,160	3,806
108	Sudan	Kutum	North Darfur	1,127	3,700
109	Slovakia	Vysoké Tatry	Prešov Region	1,125	3,691	Highest elevation settlement of town Vysoké Tatry is Vyšné Hágy with 1,125 m above sea level.
110	Serbia	Nova Varoš	Zlatibor District	1,111	3,648
112	Chad	Aouzou	Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti Prefecture	1,074	3,526
113	Central African Republic	Bocaranga	Ouham-Pendé	1,072	3,517
114	Croatia	Begovo Razdolje	Primorje–Gorski Kotar County	1,060	3,478	Reference: Note: The meteorological station at Zavižan is located at an altitude of 1,594 metres (5,230 ft), and is staffed round the clock by a family from a nearby village, but is not legally considered a settlement.
115	Portugal	Guarda	Guarda District	1,056	3,464	Penhas da Saúde, Covilhã Municipality, is higher (at 1,500 m), but it is a small village.
117	Czech Republic	Boží Dar	Karlovy Vary Region	1,028	3,372
118	Tunisia	Thala	Kasserine Governorate	1,017	3,337
119	Poland	Ząb	Lesser Poland Voivodeship	1,013	3,326
119	Equatorial Guinea	Moka	Bioko Island	1,013	3,326
122	São Tomé and Príncipe	M. Vilela	São Tomé Island	991	3,254
123	Belize	Baldy Beacon	Cayo District	978	3,211
124	Slovenia	Zgornje Jezersko	Carinthia	973	3,195
125	Israel	Beit Jann	Northern District	940	3,084
126	Gabon	Ndindi	Ngounié Province	932	3,061
127	Ukraine	Yasinia	Zakarpattia Oblast, Rakhiv Raion	931	3,054
128	Solomon Islands	Kamanjikoko	Guadalcanal Province	913	2,998
129	Sierra Leone	Dawule	Northern Province	890	2,923
130	Japan	Fujikawaguchiko	Minamitsuru District, Yamanashi Prefecture	875	2,874
131	Samoa	Afiamalu	Upolu Island	863	2,834
132	Cambodia	Phumi Popok Vil	Kampot Province	842	2,765
133	Sweden	Högvålen	Härjedalen	835	2,739
134	South Sudan	Torit	Eastern Equatoria	829	2,723
135	New Zealand	National Park Village	Manawatū-Whanganui region	825	2,706	Population:174
136	Hungary	Mátraszentimre	Heves County	810	2,657
137	Republic of the Congo	Edzouanseke	Plateaux Department	803	2,637
138	Togo	Sadomé	Plateaux Region	798	2,621
139	Fiji	Navai	Viti Levu	738	2,424
141	Libya	Gharyan	Jabal al Gharbi District	700	2,296
142	Ghana	Amedzofe	Volta Region	677	2,224
143	San Marino	City of San Marino	Castello della Città di San Marino	675	2,215
144	Trinidad and Tobago	Brasso Seco	Tunapuna–Piarco	673	2,211
145	Liberia	Saniquellie	Nimba County	671	2,204
146	Paraguay	Pedro Juan Caballero	Amambay	670	2,201
147	Belgium	Rocherath	Liège	650	2,133
147	South Korea	Taebaek	Gangwon-do	650	2,133
149	Jamaica	Mandeville	Manchester Parish	628	2,061
150	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Fancy	Saint Vincent Island	612	2,007
151	Guyana	Ipichau	Potaro-Siparuni	611	2,004
152	Mali	Sadegue	Mopti Region	604	1,984
154	Côte d'Ivoire	Biankouma	Biankouma Department	600	1,971
155	United Arab Emirates	Masafi	Ras al-Khaimah and Fujairah	567	1,863
157	Finland	Kilpisjärvi	Lapland	490	1,607	excursionmap.fi
158	Mauritania	Zouérat	Tiris Zemmour Region	488	1,604
160	Federated States of Micronesia	Pwoaipwoai	Pohnpei	478	1,571
161	Cuba	Yateras	Guantánamo Province	470	1,542
162	Iceland	Möðrudalur	Eastern Region	469	1,539
162	Luxembourg	Troisvierges	Clervaux	469	1,539
164	United Kingdom	Flash	Staffordshire, England	463	1,519	Verified by Ordnance Survey
165	Burkina Faso	Diali	Cascades Region	456	1,499
166	Saint Lucia	Migny	Soufrière Quarter	454	1,492
167	Benin	Aledjo-Koura	Donga Department	451	1,482
168	Mauritius	Curepipe	Plaines Wilhems District	446	1,466
169	Suriname	Anapi	Sipaliwini District	398	1,309
171	Grenada	Constantine	Saint George Parish	396	1,302
173	Moldova	Bălănești	Nisporeni District	324	1,066
174	Uruguay	Santa Clara de Olimar	Treinta y Tres Department	320	1,050
175	Barbados	White Hill	Saint Andrew Parish	304	1,000
176	Ireland	Glencullen	County Dublin	300	980
178	Malta	Dingli	Malta Island, Western District	250	820
182	Bangladesh	Rulkippara	Chittagong Division	237	780
184	Lithuania	Švenčionys	Utena County	230	755
185	Guinea-Bissau	Bolabá	Gabú Region	226	744
186	Belarus	Lahojsk	Minsk Region	220	725
187	Latvia	Alūksne	Vidzeme	217	712	List of highest towns in Latvia
189	Brunei	Rumah Supon	Tutong District	203	669
190	Netherlands	Vaals	Limburg	198	650
191	Tonga	Pangai	'Eua Island	184	606
192	Kuwait	Wafra	Al Ahmadi Governorate	168	554
194	Palau	Ngatpang	Ngatpang State, Babeldaob Island	162	534
195	Denmark	Ejer	Region Midtjylland	160	520
196	Senegal	Nepen Diakha	Kédougou Region	153	502
197	Estonia	Otepää	Valga County	152	499
203	Vatican City	Vatican City		75	246
204	Qatar	Umm Bab	Jariyan al Batnah	68	226
206	Bahrain	Awali	Awali Municipality	62	206
207	The Gambia	Bani	Upper River Division, Kantora District	50	164
208	Nauru	Uaboe	Uaboe District	35	118
209	The Bahamas	Freeport	Grand Bahama, Freeport District	10	36
212	Dominica	None		0	0
212	Saint Kitts and Nevis	None		0	0
212	Seychelles	None		0	0
212	Antigua and Barbuda	None		0	0
212	Singapore	None		0	0
212	Monaco	None		0	0
212	Kiribati	None		0	0
212	Marshall Islands	None		0	0
212	Tuvalu	None		0	0
212	Maldives	None		0	0

Countries with disputed sovereignty

Rank	Country	Claimant	Town / City	Region / State	Height (m)	Height (ft)
40	South Ossetia	Georgia	Leti	Dzau district	2,179	7,152
59	Kosovo	Serbia	Restelica	District of Prizren, Dragaš Municipality	1,717	5,636
110	Taiwan	China	Wutai	Pingtung County	1,075	3,530
116	Abkhazia	Georgia	Pskhu	Sukhumi District	1,047	3,438
121	Palestinian territories	Israel	Halhul	Hebron Governorate	1,004	3,297
159	Western Sahara	Morocco	Hasi Chor	Oued Ed-Dahab-Lagouira	483	1,584

Dependent countries and overseas territories

This section includes all countries and territories that are listed by ISO 3166-1 but not listed in the above sections.

Rank	Country	Mother country	Settlement	Region / State	Height (m)	Height (ft)	Comment
95	Réunion	France	Hell-Bourg	Salazie Commune	1,344	4,412
140	Puerto Rico	United States	Aibonito	San Juan–Caguas–Guaynabo metropolitan area	731	2,401
153	Martinique	France	Le Morne-Vert	Le Morne-Vert Commune	601	1,975
156	Guadeloupe	France	Saint-Claude	Saint-Claude Commune	544	1,788
170	Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha	United Kingdom	Longwood	Saint Helena, Longwood District	397	1,305
172	United States Virgin Islands	United States	Dorothea and Resolution	Saint Thomas	371	1,220
177	American Samoa	United States	A'oloau	Tutuila	264	869
178	Mayotte	France	Vahibé	Commune of Mamoudzou	250	820
178	New Caledonia	France	Farino	South Province	250	820
181	Montserrat	United Kingdom	Saint John's	Northern Zone	239	787
183	French Guiana	France	Saül	Arrondissement of Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni	230	757
186	Christmas Island	Australia	Drumsite		219	721
188	Northern Mariana Islands	United States	Capital Hill	Saipan	214	705
198	Isle of Man	United Kingdom	Foxdale	Glenfaba sheading	151	498
199	Guam	United States	Santa Rita		131	433
200	Aruba	Kingdom of the Netherlands	Shiribana		127	419
202	Svalbard	Norway	Nybyen	Spitsbergen	100	300
205	Curaçao	Netherlands	Sint Willibrordus		67	223
209	Cayman Islands	United Kingdom	Bodden Town	Bodden Town district	10	30
211	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	United Kingdom	Grytviken	South Georgia Island	3	10
212	French Polynesia	France	None		0	0
212	Hong Kong	China	None		0	0
212	Faroe Islands	Denmark	None		0	0
212	Falkland Islands	United Kingdom	None		0	0	Claimed by Argentina
212	Cook Islands	New Zealand	None		0	0
212	Wallis and Futuna	France	None		0	0
212	British Virgin Islands	United Kingdom	None		0	0
212	Gibraltar	United Kingdom	None		0	0
212	Saint-Martin	France	None		0	0
212	Pitcairn Islands	United Kingdom	None		0	0
212	Sint Maarten	Netherlands	None		0	0
212	Norfolk Island	Australia	None		0	0
212	Saint-Barthélemy	France	None		0	0
212	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	France	None		0	0
212	Macau	China	None		0	0
212	Jersey	United Kingdom	None		0	0
212	Guernsey	United Kingdom	None		0	0
212	Bermuda	United Kingdom	None		0	0
212	Niue	New Zealand	None		0	0
212	Anguilla	United Kingdom	None		0	0
212	Turks and Caicos Islands	United Kingdom	None		0	0
212	British Indian Ocean Territory	United Kingdom	None		0	0
212	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	Australia	None		0	0
212	Tokelau	New Zealand	None		0	0
212	Greenland	Denmark	None		0	0
	Antarctica	None, territorial claims	There are no towns, cities, villages or permanent settlements in Antarctica; only research stations.