{{Short description|Protected area in Bolivia}} {{Infobox Protected area | name = Apolobamba Integrated Management Natural Area | image = Lake Suches.png | image_caption = ''Laguna Suches'', Peru, Bolivia | location = {{BOL}}<br />[[La Paz Department, Bolivia|La Paz Department]] | nearest_city = | coordinates = {{coords|-14.993|-68.82|region:BO-L|notes=<ref>{{Cite web |url= http://protectedplanet.net/sites/Apolobamba_Integrated_Management_Natural_Area |title= Apolobamba Integrated Management Natural Area |work=protectedplanet.net}}</ref>|display=inline, title}} | area = {{Convert|4837.43|km2|abbr=on}}<ref>{{cite web |url= https://worldspecies.org/protectareas/display/24806 |title= Apolobamba Integrated Management Natural Area |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website= World Species |publisher= |access-date= May 27, 2025 |quote=}}</ref> | established = 1972, extended in 2000 | visitation_num = | visitation_year = | governing_body = }} '''The Apolobamba Integrated Management Natural Area''' (''Área Natural de Manejo Integrado Apolobamba'') is a [[protected area]] in the [[La Paz Department (Bolivia)|La Paz Department]], [[Bolivia]], situated in the [[Bautista Saavedra Province|Bautista Saavedra]], [[Franz Tamayo Province|Franz Tamayo]] and [[Larecaja Province|Larecaja]] provinces.

It was created in 1972 and was originally named the [[Ulla Ulla National Reserve]].<ref name=G>{{cite web |url= https://www.globalnationalparks.com/bolivia/apolobamba/ |title= Apolobamba Integrated Management Natural Area |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website= Global National Parks |publisher= |access-date= May 27, 2025 |quote=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= https://bolivia.wcs.org/en-us/Landscapes/Madidi-Tambopata/Apolobamba.aspx |title= Apolobamba |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website= Bolivia Wildlife Conservation Society |publisher= |access-date= May 27, 2025 |quote=}}</ref>

The park was designated a [[UNESCO]] biosphere reserve in 1977.<ref name=G /><ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.unesco.org/en/mab/apolobamba-national-natural-area-integrated-management |title= Apolobamba National Natural Area Integrated Management |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website= UNESCO |publisher= |access-date= May 27, 2025 |quote=}}</ref>

== See also == * [[Apolobamba]]

==References== {{Reflist}}

== External links == * {{cite web |url=http://www.parkswatch.org/parkprofile.php?l=eng&country=bol&park=apna&page=inf&p=bol |title=Apolobamba Integrated Management Natural Area |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140101221012/http://www.parkswatch.org/parkprofile.php?l=eng&country=bol&park=apna&page=inf&p=bol |archive-date=1 January 2014}}

{{National Parks of Bolivia}} {{Authority control}}

[[Category:Protected areas of Bolivia]] [[Category:Geography of La Paz Department (Bolivia)]] [[Category:Protected areas established in 1972]] [[Category:1972 establishments in Bolivia]]

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