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El Alto - Quiz
Contributed by: Irving
  • 1. What is the meaning of the name 'El Alto'?
A) The Mountain Peak
B) The High One
C) The City Above
D) The Great Heights
  • 2. What is the Aymara name for El Alto?
A) Murillo
B) Altiplano
C) Chuquiago
D) Patamarka
  • 3. In which province is El Alto located?
A) Arica Province
B) La Paz Province
C) Titicaca Province
D) Pedro Domingo Murillo
  • 4. What is the approximate average elevation of El Alto?
A) 4,000 meters
B) 5,000 meters
C) 3,500 meters
D) 4,500 meters
  • 5. Which city is El Alto adjacent to?
A) Mecapaca
B) Achocalla
C) La Paz
D) Viacha
  • 6. What is the estimated population of El Alto in 2020?
A) 850,000
B) 750,000
C) 943,558
D) 1,000,000
  • 7. What is the name of the architectural style associated with El Alto?
A) Spanish Colonial
B) Neo-Andean
C) Inca Imperial
D) Modernist Andean
  • 8. Who paused at the edge of the plateau in 1548 before founding La Paz?
A) Alonso de Mendoza
B) Pedro de Valdivia
C) Francisco Pizarro
D) Hernán Cortés
  • 9. What is the name of the spot where Alonso de Mendoza viewed the valley?
A) La Ceja
B) Patamarka
C) Chuquiago
D) Altiplano
  • 10. When did railways from Lake Titicaca and Arica reach the rim of the canyon?
A) 1985
B) 1950
C) 1903
D) 1925
  • 11. In what year was the airfield built in El Alto?
A) 1925
B) 1905
C) 1939
D) 1950
  • 12. When did El Alto open its first elementary school?
A) 1987
B) 1950
C) 1985
D) 1939
  • 13. What was the main reason for El Alto's growth in the 1950s?
A) The discovery of oil
B) The expansion of the railway
C) Tourism development
D) Connection to La Paz's water supply
  • 14. When is El Alto's official 'founding day' celebrated?
A) January 1987
B) December 1994
C) October 1548
D) March 1985
  • 15. When was El Alto formally incorporated as a city?
A) 1985
B) 1950
C) 1987
D) 1994
  • 16. What organization supports infrastructure projects in El Alto?
A) UNESCO
B) The World Bank
C) The Red Cross
D) The United Nations
  • 17. What happened on 27 February 2026 in El Alto?
A) A cargo plane crashed
B) The cable car system opened
C) A massive earthquake occurred
D) A new stadium was inaugurated
  • 18. Which cities form the El Alto–La Paz metropolitan area?
A) La Paz, El Alto, and Titicaca
B) La Paz, El Alto, and Murillo
C) El Alto, Viacha, and Arica
D) La Paz, El Alto, Achocalla, Viacha, and Mecapaca
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