Apolo Municipality

{{Infobox settlement   |official_name = Apolo Municipality |other_name = |native_name = |nickname = |settlement_type = Municipality |motto =  |image_skyline = |imagesize = 250px |image_caption = |image_flag = Bandera de Apolo (La Paz).png |flag_size = |image_seal = |seal_size = |image_shield = |shield_size = |image_blank_emblem = |blank_emblem_type = |blank_emblem_size = |image_map = |mapsize = |map_caption = |image_map1 = |mapsize1 = |map_caption1 = |image_dot_map = |dot_mapsize = |dot_map_caption = |dot_x = |dot_y = |pushpin_map = Bolivia |pushpin_label_position =bottom |pushpin_map_caption =Location of the Apolo Municipality within Bolivia  |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = [[Image:Flag of Bolivia.svg|25px]] [[Bolivia]] |subdivision_type1 = [[Departments of Bolivia|Department]] |subdivision_name1 = [[La Paz Department (Bolivia)|La Paz Department]] |subdivision_type2 = [[Provinces of Bolivia|Province]] |subdivision_name2 = [[Franz Tamayo Province]]  |seat_type = Seat |seat = [[Apolo, La Paz|Apolo]]  |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = Mayor |leader_name = Alejandro Huanca Gemio (2007) |leader_title1 =President |leader_name1 = Felix Oblitas Garcia (2007) |leader_title2 = |leader_name2 = |leader_title3 = |leader_name3 = |leader_title4 = |leader_name4 = |established_title = Foundation |established_date = |established_title2 =  |established_date2 = |established_title3 =  |established_date3 =  |area_magnitude = |unit_pref =Imperial  |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 = 13781  |area_land_km2 =  |area_water_km2 = |area_total_sq_mi = |area_land_sq_mi = |area_water_sq_mi = |area_water_percent = |area_urban_km2 = |area_urban_sq_mi = |area_metro_km2 = |area_metro_sq_mi = |area_blank1_title = |area_blank1_km2 = |area_blank1_sq_mi =  |population_as_of = 2001 |population_footnotes = |population_note = |population_total = 13271 |population_density_km2 = |population_density_sq_mi = |population_metro = |population_density_metro_km2 = |population_density_metro_sq_mi = |population_urban = |population_density_urban_km2 = |population_density_urban_sq_mi = |population_blank1_title =Ethnicities |population_blank1 =[[Quechua people|Quechua]] |population_blank2_title =Religions |population_blank2 = |population_density_blank1_km2 = |population_density_blank1_sq_mi =  |timezone = BOT |utc_offset = -4 |timezone_DST = |utc_offset_DST = |coordinates = {{coord|14|30|0|S|68|15|0|W|region:BO|display=inline,title}} |elevation_footnotes =  |elevation_m =1400 |elevation_ft =  |postal_code_type =  |postal_code = |area_code = |blank_name = |blank_info = |blank1_name = |blank1_info = |website = |footnotes = }} '''Apolo Municipality''' is the first [[Municipalities of Bolivia|municipal section]] of the [[Franz Tamayo Province]] in the [[La Paz Department (Bolivia)|La Paz Department]], [[Bolivia]]. Its seat is [[Apolo, La Paz|Apolo]].

Apolo Municipality is bordered to the east by [[Beni Department]], [[San Buenaventura Municipality, La Paz|San Buenaventura]] and [[Palos Blancos Municipality|Palos Blancos]] Municipalities, to the west by [[Peru]] and [[Pelechuco Municipality]], to the north by [[Ixiamas Municipality|Ixiamas]] and San Buenaventura Municipalities and to the south by [[Teoponte Municipality|Teoponte]], [[Guanay Municipality|Guanay]], [[Mapiri Municipality|Mapiri]] and [[Charazani Municipality|Charazani]] Municipalities.

== Division == Apolo Municipality is subdivided into the following five [[Cantons of Bolivia|cantons]]:<ref>[http://www.ine.gob.bo National Institute of Statistics of Bolivia] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110924073930/http://www.ine.gob.bo/ |date=2011-09-24 }}</ref> * Apolo - 6,951 inhabitants ''(2001)'' * Atén - 3,573 inhabitants * Mojos - 56 inhabitants * Pata - 454 inhabitants * Santa Cruz del Valle Ameno - 2,141 inhabitants

== Places of interest == Some of the tourist attractions of the municipalities are:<ref>[http://www.gobernacionlapaz.gob.bo:8001/simit/sistema/ficha_turistica/iframelapaz.php www.gobernacionlapaz.gob.bo] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110509054006/http://www.gobernacionlapaz.gob.bo:8001/simit/sistema/ficha_turistica/iframelapaz.php |date=2011-05-09 }} Tourist guide by the government of the department</ref> * San Juan de Asariamas dry forest in Apolo Canton. The dominant trees species are the Bilka ''([[Anadenanthera macrocarpa]])'', the Cuchi ''([[Astronium urundeuva]])'', and the Brazilian Soto ''([[Schinopsis brasiliensis]])''. * [[Machariapo River]] in Apolo Canton situated within [[Madidi National Park|Madidi National Park and Area of Integrated Management]] * the Inca bridge in Santa Teresa community and the Chiara Alto waterfall of 18 m height in Apolo Canton * the community of Pata, its old church and the Sillakunka tunnel in Pata Canton * the valley of the community of Virgen del Rosario, also named Tuichi, in Pata Canton at the shores of [[Tuichi River]] * the community of Santa Cruz del Valle Ameno, the Billipiza waterfall of 22 m height in Vaquería and the archaeological site near [[Inca]] Viewpoint in Santa Cruz del Valle Ameno Canton * [[Trinity]] festivity (''Santísima Trinidad'') in the community of Atén * the pre-Columbian trails * [[Turiapo River]] and its waterfall in the community of Pucasucho * Ayara waterfall of about 18 m height in the community of Munaypatac

== References == {{Reflist}} * [http://www.ine.gov.bo/comunitaria/comunitariaVer.aspx?Depto=02&Prov=07&Seccion=01 www.ine.gov.bo / census 2001: Apolo Municipality]{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

== External links == * [https://web.archive.org/web/20141207134348/http://www.ine.gob.bo/publicaciones/visorPdf.aspx?Codigo=020702&tipo=1 Apolo Municipality: population data and map]

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