Official Name: | El Alto Municipality |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Pushpin Map: | Bolivia |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the El Alto Municipality within Bolivia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Bolivia |
Subdivision Type1: | Department |
Subdivision Name1: | La Paz Department |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Pedro Domingo Murillo Province |
Seat Type: | Seat |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Fanor Nava Santiesteban (2007) |
Leader Title1: | President |
Leader Name1: | Gustavo Adolfo Morales (2007) |
Established Title: | Foundation |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Total Km2: | 346 |
Population As Of: | 2001 |
Population Total: | 649958 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Timezone: | BOT |
Utc Offset: | -4 |
Coordinates: | -16.4167°N -68.2°W |
Elevation M: | 4000 |
El Alto Municipality or El Alto de La Paz Municipality is a municipal section of the Pedro Domingo Murillo Province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. Its seat is El Alto, the second-largest city in Bolivia.