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25 maj 2024 · Officially named La Rinconada, its 50,000 inhabitants live between 16,404 feet (5,000 m) and 17,388 feet (5,300 m) above sea level, making it the highest permanent settlement on Earth.
Far above the tree line, La Rinconada is unique in its high elevation and population, with the highest city of comparable population being over 500 m (1,600 ft; 0.31 mi) closer to sea level. Owing to the extreme elevation of the town, climatic conditions more closely resemble that of the west coast of Greenland than somewhere only 14° from the ...
15 lis 2019 · Tucked away in the eastern Andes Mountains, about 5,000 meters (3 miles) above sea level, the town of La Rinconada is the highest permanent settlement in the world. The Peruvian town does not have running water, a sewage system, or garbage disposal. Yet 50,000 people live here amidst the thin air for one valuable resource: gold.
Welcome to the world's highest permanent settlement. This mining centre is wedged against a glacier, high in the Andes, near the border with Bolivia.
13 kwi 2024 · In the shadow of the towering Andean peaks lies the lesser-known La Rinconada— a city cloaked in the mystique of its extreme altitude and the promise of gold. This settlement, perched daringly at the edge of the world, is a spectacle of human tenacity.
At an altitude of 5,300 metres, the city of la Rinconada, Peru, is the highest permanent human settlement in the world. While many residents suffer from hypoxia, oxygen deprivation, others are unaffected.
17 paź 2019 · At a height of over 16,000 feet, it's a place where only the hardest can carve a living. About 30,000 people live in the settlement, perched atop Mount Ananea in the Peruvian Andes. It spends...
