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Andes Cordillera
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Country	VenezuelaColombiaEcuadorPeruBoliviaChileArgentina
Area	3 300 000 km²
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The Andes Cordillera is the longest mountain range in the world. On the peaceful side, it runs along for more than 7 000 km all of South America from north to south

Regions

• Venezuela

  Venezuelan Andes, Picturesque mountains spread over the three states of Mérida, Táchira and Trujillo.

• Colombia

  Andean region of Colombia

• Ecuador

  Sierra

• Peru

  Northern sierra - Cordillera Blanca

  Sierra Central

  Southern Sierra - Machu Picchu and the Sacred Valley of the Incas

  Altiplano (Peru) - Lake Titicaca

• Bolivia

  Altiplano (Bolivia) - Lake Titicaca

  Cordillera Royale

• Chile

  The Andes Cordillera is the natural border between Chile and Argentina

• Argentina

Cities

• 4.61-74.0821 Bogotá  – capital of Colombia (altitude 2 640 m) (last update Feb. 2018)
• -0.2186-78.50972 Quito  – capital ofEcuador (altitude 2 850 m) (last update Feb. 2018)
• -13.518-71.9783 Cuzco (Southern Sierra, Peru) – "The navel of the world", capital of the Inca Empire (altitude 3 310 m) (last update Feb. 2018)
• -16.494-68.14754 La Paz  – administrative capital of Bolivia, and highest capital in the world (altitude 3 660 m) (last update Feb. 2018)

Main peaks

• 8.543-71.0411 Pico bolivar (in Sierra Nevada National Park) – Highlight of Venezuela (altitude 4 982 m) (last update Feb. 2018)

• -1.464-78.8152 Chimborazo (Taita Chimborazo)  – Volcano and highest point of theEcuador (altitude 6 268 m) (last update Feb. 2018)

• -8.879-77.653613 Alpamayo (Cordillera Blanca, Peru) – elected most beautiful mountain in the world in 1968 (altitude 5 947 m) (last update Feb. 2018)

• -9.121-77.6084 Huascarán (Nevado Huascarán)  – Highlight of Peru (altitude 6 768 m) (last update Feb. 2018)

• -18.108-68.8835 Nevado Sajama  – Volcano and highest point of Bolivia (altitude 6 542 m) (last update Feb. 2018)

• -27.109-68.5416 Nevado Ojos del Salado  – Highest volcano in the world and highest point of Chile (altitude 6 880 m) (last update Feb. 2018)

• -32.655-70.0137 Aconcagua (province of Mendoza, Argentina) – "Colossus of America", highest point of the Andes Cordillera (altitude 6 959 m) (last update Feb. 2018)

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