Highest urban center in the world: With an average elevation of 13,123 feet (4,000 m), El Alto is the highest urban center in the world.
Welcome to El Alto: El Alto sits above La Paz, Bolivia's de facto capital, and while La Paz is often the starting point from which to explore this landlocked nation.
Exploring cholet architecture: El Alto is renowned for the many cholet homes, mansions, and dancehalls scattered across the city.
Flamboyant designs: The flamboyant, Technicolor architecture is the work of the preeminent Aymara architect Freddy Mamani.
Symbolic of culture: Mamani has transformed El Alto with his fantastic designs, created to highlight the values and symbols of the Tiwanaku.
The Aymara people: The Aymara are an Indigenous people in the Andes and Altiplano regions of South America.
The 'cholitas' wrestlers: The exuberant cholet dancehalls also double up as venues for the widely popular wrestling matches.
Titans of the Ring: Fighting cholitas wear braided hair, bowler hats, and multilayered skirts in the ring.
A display of female empowerment: The all-female fighting force are part of a group called the Titans of the Ring, which includes male wrestlers.
The climbing cholitas: Fighting cholitas take their work seriously. Their training regimen includes climbing Huayna Potosí.