La Paz is located in the valleys of the Andes, and is closer to the Eastern split of the Altiplano region.

Likewise some have speculated that the continent of South America bears striking similarities to the description of Atlantis by Plato, particularly the Altiplano region of the Andes.

A. c. punensis : Puna Burrowing Owl - Altiplano region around Peruvian-Ecuadorian border.

It is located in the town of Copacabana, Bolivia on the shores of Lake Titicaca near the Altiplano region.

The second phase of "Operación Ceniza" involved the deployment of 15,000 troops on a gradual sweep through the predominantly-indigenous Altiplano region, comprising the departments of El Quiché and Huehuetenango.

Two traditions seem to have developed alongside each other - one in northern Peru and Ecuador, and another in the Altiplano region of southern Peru, Bolivia and Chile.

There is evidence for smelting of copper sulphide in the Altiplano region around the Early horizon.

Allen contends that the Altiplano region of Bolivia meets these characteristics.

He then studied colonial music of the Altiplano region, and created transcriptions of Oruro baroque music.

It was located in East-Central Mexico, in the Altiplano region, with the eastern portion dominated by the Sierra Madre Oriental.