Record #00470Human Society archive
La Paz, Bolivia's administrative and de facto capital, stands at approximately 3,631 m above sea level and is recorded as the world's highest capital under that definition. Sucre remains Bolivia's constitutional capital.
Current Record
3,631m
Current record value
La Paz hosts Bolivia's national administrative functions and seat of government, whereas Sucre holds the constitutional capital designation. Both facts matter for defining this record.
La Paz occupies terrain with notable elevation changes. The 3,631 m figure represents the city's elevation in the cited registry, not every point within municipal limits; nearby El Alto airport is listed at about 4,080 m and should not replace the city's figure.
The record conclusion has sufficient verification support.
Basis: direct confirmation by an authority
Guinness identifies La Paz as Bolivia's administrative and de facto capital at 3,631 m, while Sucre is the legal capital (2,810 m) and El Alto airport is at 4,080 m; neither of those elevations substitutes for La Paz's representative city elevation.
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