Snow covered peaks of the Andes, with a highway traffic jam in the foreground, are seen in the city of El Alto, Bolivia.


A panoramic view of snow covered peaks of the Andes mountains, with a highway traffic jam in the foreground, is seen in the city of El Alto, Bolivia, 10 February 2014. El Alto, the highest urban metropolis in the world, lies 4150 metres above sea level. During the last decades, rapid population growth together with migration from the rural zones have changed El Alto into the largest city in Latin America with prevalent indigenous population, reaching 1 million inhabitants in 2012.


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Location: El Alto, Bolivia
Photo credit: © Jan Sochor / Alamy / Afripics
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