# Apolo Municipality

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Municipality in La Paz Department, Bolivia

Apolo Municipality Municipality Flag Apolo Municipality Location of the Apolo Municipality within Bolivia Coordinates: 14°30′0″S 68°15′0″W / 14.50000°S 68.25000°W / -14.50000; -68.25000 Country Bolivia Department La Paz Department Province Franz Tamayo Province Seat Apolo Government • Mayor Alejandro Huanca Gemio (2007) • President Felix Oblitas Garcia (2007) Area • Total 5,321 sq mi (13,781 km2) Elevation 4,600 ft (1,400 m) Population (2001) • Total 13,271 • Ethnicities Quechua Time zone UTC-4 (BOT)

**Apolo Municipality** is the first [municipal section](/source/Municipalities_of_Bolivia) of the [Franz Tamayo Province](/source/Franz_Tamayo_Province) in the [La Paz Department](/source/La_Paz_Department_(Bolivia)), [Bolivia](/source/Bolivia). Its seat is [Apolo](/source/Apolo%2C_La_Paz).

Apolo Municipality is bordered to the east by [Beni Department](/source/Beni_Department), [San Buenaventura](/source/San_Buenaventura_Municipality%2C_La_Paz) and [Palos Blancos](/source/Palos_Blancos_Municipality) Municipalities, to the west by [Peru](/source/Peru) and [Pelechuco Municipality](/source/Pelechuco_Municipality), to the north by [Ixiamas](/source/Ixiamas_Municipality) and San Buenaventura Municipalities and to the south by [Teoponte](/source/Teoponte_Municipality), [Guanay](/source/Guanay_Municipality), [Mapiri](/source/Mapiri_Municipality) and [Charazani](/source/Charazani_Municipality) Municipalities.

## Division

Apolo Municipality is subdivided into the following five [cantons](/source/Cantons_of_Bolivia):[1]

- 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:[2]

- San Juan de Asariamas dry forest in Apolo Canton. The dominant trees species are the Bilka *([Anadenanthera macrocarpa](/source/Anadenanthera_macrocarpa))*, the Cuchi *([Astronium urundeuva](/source/Astronium_urundeuva))*, and the Brazilian Soto *([Schinopsis brasiliensis](/source/Schinopsis_brasiliensis))*.

- [Machariapo River](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Machariapo_River&action=edit&redlink=1) in Apolo Canton situated within [Madidi National Park and Area of Integrated Management](/source/Madidi_National_Park)

- 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](/source/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](/source/Inca) Viewpoint in Santa Cruz del Valle Ameno Canton

- [Trinity](/source/Trinity) festivity (*Santísima Trinidad*) in the community of Atén

- the pre-Columbian trails

- [Turiapo River](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Turiapo_River&action=edit&redlink=1) and its waterfall in the community of Pucasucho

- Ayara waterfall of about 18 m height in the community of Munaypatac

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [National Institute of Statistics of Bolivia](http://www.ine.gob.bo) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20110924073930/http://www.ine.gob.bo/) 2011-09-24 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [www.gobernacionlapaz.gob.bo](http://www.gobernacionlapaz.gob.bo:8001/simit/sistema/ficha_turistica/iframelapaz.php) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20110509054006/http://www.gobernacionlapaz.gob.bo:8001/simit/sistema/ficha_turistica/iframelapaz.php) 2011-05-09 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) Tourist guide by the government of the department

- [www.ine.gov.bo / census 2001: Apolo Municipality](http://www.ine.gov.bo/comunitaria/comunitariaVer.aspx?Depto=02&Prov=07&Seccion=01)[*[permanent dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*]

## External links

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

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