Wenzhuan is a city in People's Republic of China

People's Republic of China

China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...

. It was founded in 1955 on the Qinghai

Qinghai

Qinghai ; Oirat Mongolian: ; ; Salar:) is a province of the People's Republic of China, named after Qinghai Lake...

-Tibet

Tibet

Tibet is a plateau region in Asia, north-east of the Himalayas. It is the traditional homeland of the Tibetan people as well as some other ethnic groups such as Monpas, Qiang, and Lhobas, and is now also inhabited by considerable numbers of Han and Hui people...

 road north of the Tangla mountain range. According to The Guinness Book of World Records, Wenzhuan had the highest elevation

Elevation

The elevation of a geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point, most commonly a reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface ....

 of any city - 16,730 feet/5,019 meters above sea level., although National Geographic Magazine (May 2003) gives that title to the larger city of La Rinconada, Peru

La Rinconada, Peru

La Rinconada is a city in the Peruvian Andes located near a gold mine. It is considered to be the highest city in the world.-Geography:The city is located in the Ananea District, San Antonio de Putina Province. It lies at a height of 5,100m above sea level...

 which lies at 5,100 meters over sea level.

See also

• List of highest cities in the world
• List of highest towns by country
• La Rinconada, Peru
  La Rinconada, Peru
  La Rinconada is a city in the Peruvian Andes located near a gold mine. It is considered to be the highest city in the world.-Geography:The city is located in the Ananea District, San Antonio de Putina Province. It lies at a height of 5,100m above sea level...