The following is a list of the world's major cities (either capitals, more than one million inhabitants or an elevation of over 1,000 m [3,300 ft]) by elevation. In addition, the country, continental region, latitude and longitude are shown for all cities listed.

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While the elevation of cities may vary enormously, this list should represent a notional elevation for each city which is verifiable and reasonably acceptable for comparison. The city proper must have a population of 175,000 or higher to be on the list.

• Elevation
• List of capital cities by altitude
• List of highest large cities in the world
• List of highest towns by country
• List of European cities by elevation
• List of metropolitan areas by population
• World's largest municipalities by population
• List of national capitals
• List of towns
• Lists of neighborhoods by city
• List of towns and cities with 100,000 or more inhabitants