La Paz Bolivia Buildings (08/17/19) — Image by kenne
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La Paz is located in a bowl, with the satellite city of El Alto above it, on the bowl’s rim.
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Fighting Cholitas in El Alto, Bolivia (August 18, 2019) — Images by kenne
The Fighting Cholitas are a group of female wrestlers who perform in El Alto, Bolivia. Like the general population of El Alto,
which consists almost entirely of Aymara and Quechua residents, the Cholitas are indigenous.
El Alto is the largest city in Latin America with a mostly Indigenous population. About 76% of its inhabitants are Aymara,
9% are Quechua, 15% are Mestizo (descendants of Indigenous and Europeans), and less than 0.1% are Criollos (White).
— Source: Wikipedia
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Cable Cars Connect El Alto Plateau With La Paz In The Valley — Images by kenne
A PAZ and EL ALTO, Bolivia — In these two cities, geography and rank stand in inverse relation. La Paz — the seat of government, old money, and a lighter-skinned elite — sits in a valley. Above it on a high plateau is the frenetic city of El Alto: poorer, younger, and generally darker-skinned. La Paz has always looked down on its upstart younger sibling above.
Now, that relationship is being challenged, and this urban Möbius strip, where down is up and up is down, is getting a new twist. A mass-transit aerial cable-car system, a cross between a ski gondola and an elevated train, is being installed to better connect them, chipping away at the physical barriers and possibly some of the psychological ones. Read more here.
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