Apolo Municipality is the first municipal section

Municipalities of Bolivia

Municipalities in Bolivia are administrative divisions of the entire national territory governed by local elections. Municipalities are the third level of administrative divisions, below departments and provinces. Some of the provinces consist of only one municipality...

 of the Franz Tamayo Province

Franz Tamayo Province

Franz Tamayo is a province in the Bolivian department of La Paz. It lies in the western part of the nation, and includes the Ulla Ulla National Reserve - which today is part of the Apolobamba Integrated Management Natural Area - in the high Andean plain on the western border with Peru...

 in the La Paz Department

La Paz Department (Bolivia)

The La Paz Department of Bolivia comprises with a 2001 census population of 2,350,466 inhabitants. It is situated at the western border of Bolivia, sharing Lake Titicaca with Peru. It contains the mighty Cordillera Real that reaches altitudes of . Northeast of the Cordillera Real are the Yungas,...

, Bolivia

Bolivia

Bolivia officially known as Plurinational State of Bolivia , is a landlocked country in central South America. It is the poorest country in South America...

. Its seat is Apolo.

Apolo Municipality is bordered to the east by Beni Department

Beni Department

Beni, sometimes El Beni, is a northeastern department of Bolivia, in the lowlands region of the country. It is the second largest department in the country , covering 213,564 square kilometers , and it was created by supreme decree on November 18, 1842 during the administration of General José...

, San Buenaventura

San Buenaventura Municipality

San Buenaventura Municipality is the second municipal section of the Abel Iturralde Province located in the La Paz Department in Bolivia. Its seat is San Buenaventura- Languages :...

 and Palos Blancos

Palos Blancos Municipality

Palos Blancos Municipality is the fourth municipal section of the Sud Yungas Province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. Its seat is Palos Blancos.- References :*...

 Municipalities, to the west by Peru

Peru

Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....

 and Pelechuco Municipality

Pelechuco Municipality

Pelechuco Municipality is the second municipal section of the Franz Tamayo Province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. IN 2001 it had apopulation of 5,115...

, to the north by Ixiamas

Ixiamas Municipality

Ixiamas Municipality is the first municipal section of the Abel Iturralde Province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. Its seat is Ixiamas.- References :*...

 and San Buenaventura Municipalities and to the south by Teoponte

Teoponte Municipality

Teoponte Municipality is the eighth municipal section of the Larecaja Province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. Its seat is Teoponte.- Languages :The languages spoken in the Teoponte Municipality are mainly Spanish, Aymara and Quechua....

, Guanay

Guanay Municipality

Guanay Municipality is the second municipal section of the Larecaja Province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. Its seat is Guanay.- Languages :The languages spoken in the Guanay Municipality are mainly Spanish, Aymara and Quechua....

, Mapiri

Mapiri Municipality

Mapiri Municipality is the seventh municipal section of the Larecaja Province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. Its seat is Mapiri.- Languages :The languages spoken in the Mapiri Municipality are mainly Spanish, Quechua and Aymara....

 and Charazani Municipalities.

Division

Apolo Municipality is subdivided into the following five cantons

Cantons of Bolivia

||On the level below municipalities, Bolivia is divided into cantons ....

:

• 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:

• 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 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
  Tuichi River
  The Tuichi River is a river in the Madidi National Park in the north of Bolivia. The Tuichi River flows through the rainforest and joins the Beni River south of Rurrenabaque....
  
  
• 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
  Trinity
  The Christian doctrine of the Trinity defines God as three divine persons : the Father, the Son , and the Holy Spirit. The three persons are distinct yet coexist in unity, and are co-equal, co-eternal and consubstantial . Put another way, the three persons of the Trinity are of one being...
  
   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

External links

• Apolo Municipality: population data and map