The city of El Alto (Spanish for The High) is a suburb of La Paz, Bolivia. As of the 2001census, the population was 649,958. The city contains La Paz's international airport. El Alto is one of the highest cities in the world, up to 4150 meters above the sea level. It has a cold climate, reaching the maximum temperature of 17 degrees celsius in summer. It is the fastest growing city in Bolivia, due to a trend of movement from Bolivia's rural areas to the La Paz region that started with the rural reform of 1952 and increased in the last 10 years. 79% of its inhabitants are Aymara, 6% are Quechua and 19% are European descent. El Alto is known as La Paz's dormrooms, though recent growth of commerce and industry has made local authorities to claim the tittle of "Bolivia's Economic Capital." La Paz, Bolivia Central La Paz Panoramic sight of the city of La Paz La Paz is the administrative capital of Bolivia, as well as the departmental capital of La Paz Department. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... A census is the process of obtaining information about every member of a population (not necessarily a human population). ... 1952 (MCMLII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Aymara is the name of a South-American people and of their language. ... Quechua (Standard Quechua, Runasimi Language of People) is an Native American language of South America. ... A satellite composite image of Europe // Etymology Picture of Europa, carried away by bull-shaped Zeus. ...
From 2003 to 2005, La Paz was often blocked access to the international airport as well to oil and gas supplies, by protesting El Alto social leaders, which have became some of the most powerful players in the politics of Bolivia. 2003 (MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Bolivias 1967 constitution, revised in 1994, provides for balanced executive, legislative, and judicial powers. ...
ElAlto and the nearby Garita de Lima, the neighborhood that leads to elAlto, are examples of the zone of In-Situ Accretion and Peripheral Squatter Settlements.
ElAlto was previously a shantytown suburb, comprised of many closely-packed barrios, but now it has spread towards the city, as the In Situ Accretion Zone has expanded out, connecting the two urban areas into one great city.
ElAlto was constituted in 1986 as a part of the La Paz urban region.
El Palo Alto is a coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) tree located in El Palo Alto Park on the banks of San Francisquito Creek in Palo Alto, California, United States.
El Palo Alto is 110 feet (33.5 meters) in height (compared to 134.6 feet or 41 meters in 1951), 90 inches (2.3 meters) in diameter, and has a crown spread of 40 feet (12 meters).
The tree is depicted on the city of Palo Alto's official seal and on the seal of Stanford University.
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