Apolo Municipality is the first municipal section of the

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in the La Paz Department,

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. Its seat is Apolo. Apolo Municipality is bordered to the east by

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, San Buenaventura and Palos Blancos Municipalities, to the west by

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and Pelechuco Municipality, to the north by

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and San Buenaventura Municipalities and to the south by Teoponte,

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, Mapiri and

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Municipalities.

Division

Apolo Municipality is subdivided into the following five

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: * 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:www.gobernacionlapaz.gob.bo
Tourist guide by the government of the department * San Juan de Asariamas dry forest in Apolo Canton. The dominant trees species are the Bilka ''( Anadenanthera macrocarpa)'', the Cuchi ''(

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)'', and the Brazilian Soto ''(

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)''. * Machariapo River in Apolo Canton situated within 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

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* the community of Santa Cruz del Valle Ameno, the Billipiza waterfall of 22 m height in Vaquería and the archaeological site near

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Viewpoint in Santa Cruz del Valle Ameno Canton *

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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

www.ine.gov.bo / census 2001: Apolo Municipality

External links

Apolo Municipality: population data and map
Municipalities of La Paz Department (Bolivia) {{LaPazBO-geo-stub