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InfoSpark: How high up do you live? Here are major cities by altitude

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Marcelo Duhalde
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Hong Kong is surrounded by sea, but other cities start far above, putting them up high in the air

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Marcelo Duhalde joined the Post as its infographic designer in 2016, having worked previously as the deputy infographic editor at the Times of Oman. Duhalde has won more than 90 Society for News Design awards, 17 Malofiej medals, one Peter Sullivan's best of show (2015) and four gold medals at the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers awards. His work has been published in several books, magazines, and infographic and data visualisation websites in Europe, Asia and the Americas.
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Despite being a city of high-rises – and the city in the world with the most completed skyscrapers (a building taller than 150m or 492ft) – Hong Kong is not actually quite high up in terms of elevation. What does that mean? Well, other cities in the world start up above sea level, built on terrain that have a considerable difference in height from where the ocean is. There are cities that are technically sitting at a higher elevation than some major mountains. Let’s take a look:

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Marcelo Duhalde
Marcelo Duhalde joined the Post as its infographic designer in 2016, having worked previously as the deputy infographic editor at the Times of Oman. Duhalde has won more than 90 Society for News Design awards, 17 Malofiej medals, one Peter Sullivan's best of show (2015) and four gold medals at the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers awards. His work has been published in several books, magazines, and infographic and data visualisation websites in Europe, Asia and the Americas.
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