About 13% of the world's population lives in mountain areas, according to the United Nations. And while many of those one billion people reside in rural areas, there are several types of cities in the mountains, many of which are attracting that population from the countryside. Among these, what do you think is the highest city in the world?

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La Rinconada. This is a small town located in the district of Ananea, in the Puno region, near the border with Bolivia. It is 5,100 meters above sea level and is inhabited by 11,000 people who are engaged in gold mining, all of them artisanal and unregulated. The second highest city in the world is El Alto, where the airport serving the seat of the Bolivian government, La Paz, is located. Thanks to the Andes Mountains, Latin America is home to 8 of the 10 highest cities in the world, as you can see in the chart by Latinometrics.