# Apartaderos

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**Apartaderos** is a small [Andean](/source/Andean) town in [Mérida State](/source/M%C3%A9rida_State), [Venezuela](/source/Venezuela).

Located at an altitude of 3,505 metres (11,499 ft), it is the [highest town in Venezuela](/source/List_of_highest_towns_by_country), surrounded by [páramo](/source/P%C3%A1ramo) vegetation, the town has tourism facilities such as restaurants, gift shops and small hotels. In addition to tourism the main activities are [agriculture](/source/Agriculture), flower cultivation and crafts. It can be reached from [Mérida city](/source/M%C3%A9rida,_M%C3%A9rida) and [Valera](/source/Valera) by the [Transandean Highway](/source/Transandean_Highway), which reaches its highest point at 4,000 metres (13,000 ft) in El Collado del Cóndor (also known as [Pico El Águila](/source/Pico_El_%C3%81guila) by the locals) a couple of minutes from the town. In terms of climate, January, the coldest month, averages 2.5 °C (36.5 °F), while the hottest month, June, averages 11 °C (52 °F). Apartaderos has an [Alpine tundra climate](/source/Alpine_tundra) ([Köppen](/source/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification): *ET*), the yearly average is 6.9 °C (44.4 °F) with the average temperature of the warmest month below the 10 °C (50 °F).[1]

Apartaderos sits at the intersection of three river valleys: the Chama which flows down to the city of Mérida, the Santo Domingo which flows to Los Llanos (plains) of Barinas, and the Motatán, which flows to the city of Valera. The striking landscape around Apartaderos has inspired native American myth and poetry.

## See also

- [List of highest towns by country](/source/List_of_highest_towns_by_country)

## References

1. Sanchez Davila, Gabriel. ["Sierra de Santo Domingo: Biogeographic reconstructions for the Quaternary of a former snowy mountain range."](https://www.academia.edu/30931002) (in Spanish). *Academia*. p. 51. Retrieved 5 July 2019.

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