What is the world's highest capital city?

Answer 1

La Paz, Bolivia is the world's highest capital at 11,943 feet (3640 Meters)

Quito, Ecuador comes in a distant second at 9,350 feet (2850 Meters)

La Paz, Bolivia is the capital with the highest elevation in the world. La Paz is the "de facto" capital of Bolivia. The official capital of Bolivia is Sucre and it is the seat of Justice. La Paz has more government departments, hence the "de facto" qualifier. If you do not consider La Paz a capital city, then Quito, Ecuador is the capital with the highest elevation.

Comparative elevations of some world capitals:

La Paz, Bolivia (3,760 m asl)

Quito, Ecuador (2,850 m asl)

Bogota, Colombia (2,580 m asl)

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (2,390 m asl)

Asmara, Eritrea (2,340 m asl)

Thimphu, Bhutan (2,300 m asl)

Sana'a, Yemen (2,260 m asl)

Mexico City, Mexico (2,230 m asl)

Kabul, Afghanistan (1,800 m asl)

Johannesburg (1,770 m asl)

Nairobi (1,680 m asl)

Guatemala City (1,500 m asl)

Katmandu, Nepal (1,300 m asl)

* As a footnote, Lhasa (Tibet) was the world's highest capital, at an elevation of 3490 meters ASL, prior to Tibet being annexed by China.