Editing Andes (section)

===Cities===
In modern times, the largest cities in the Andes are [[Bogotá]], with a metropolitan population of over ten million, and [[Santiago]], [[Medellín]], [[Cali]], and [[Quito]]. [[Lima]] is a coastal city adjacent to the Andes and is the largest city of all Andean countries. It is the seat of the [[Andean Community of Nations]].

[[La Paz]], Bolivia's seat of government, is the highest capital city in the world, at an elevation of approximately {{convert|3650|m|0|abbr=on}}. Parts of the La Paz conurbation, including the city of [[El Alto]], extend up to {{convert|4200|m|0|abbr=on}}.

Other cities in or near the Andes include [[Bariloche]], [[San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca|Catamarca]], [[San Salvador de Jujuy|Jujuy]], [[Mendoza, Argentina|Mendoza]], [[Salta, Argentina|Salta]], [[San Juan, Argentina|San Juan]], [[San Miguel de Tucumán|Tucumán]], and [[Ushuaia]] in Argentina; [[Calama, Chile|Calama]] and [[Rancagua]] in Chile; [[Cochabamba]], [[Oruro, Bolivia|Oruro]], [[Potosí]], [[Sucre]], [[Tarija]], and [[Yacuiba]] in Bolivia; [[Arequipa]], [[Cajamarca]], [[Cusco]], [[Huancayo]], [[Huánuco]], [[Huaraz]], [[Juliaca]], and [[Puno]] in Peru; [[Ambato, Ecuador|Ambato]], [[Cuenca, Ecuador|Cuenca]], [[Ibarra, Ecuador|Ibarra]], [[Latacunga]], [[Loja, Ecuador|Loja]], [[Riobamba]], and [[Tulcán]] in Ecuador; [[Armenia, Colombia|Armenia]], [[Cúcuta]], [[Bucaramanga]], [[Duitama]], [[Ibagué]], [[Ipiales]], [[Manizales]], [[Palmira, Valle del Cauca|Palmira]], [[Pasto, Colombia|Pasto]], [[Pereira, Colombia|Pereira]], [[Popayán]], [[Rionegro]], [[Sogamoso]], [[Tunja]], and [[Villavicencio]] in Colombia; and [[Barquisimeto]], [[La Grita]], [[Mérida, Mérida|Mérida]], [[San Cristóbal, Táchira|San Cristóbal]], Tovar, [[Trujillo, Trujillo|Trujillo]], and [[Valera]] in Venezuela. The cities of [[Caracas]], [[Valencia, Carabobo|Valencia]], and [[Maracay]] are in the [[Venezuelan Coastal Range]], which is a debatable extension of the Andes at the northern extremity of South America.

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|File:La Paz Skyline.jpg|[[La Paz]], Bolivia is the highest capital city in the world
|File:Santiago depois da chuva (11).JPG|[[Santiago de Chile]]
|File:Cerros orientales Bogota.jpg|[[Bogotá]]
|File:FACHADA ASAMBLEA NACIONAL. QUITO, 20 DE FEBRERO 2020. 01.jpg|[[Quito]]
|File:Mérida3.jpg|View of  [[Mérida, Mérida|Mérida, Venezuela]]
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