Apartaderos

Apartaderos

Apartaderos
Apartaderos
Coordinates: 8°55′00″N 71°05′00″W / 8.91667°N 71.08333°W / 8.91667; -71.08333
Country Venezuela
States Mérida
Municipalities Rangel Municipality
Elevation 3,505 m (11,499 ft)
Population
 • Total 3,541
Postal Code 5130
Area code(s) +58 274

Apartaderos is a small Andean town in Mérida State, Venezuela.

Ground frost in Apartaderos. Because its location in an alpine tundra ecosystem called páramo, they often undergo a sudden and drastic change in a daily freeze-and-thaw cycle, sometimes described as "summer every day and winter every night."

Located at an altitude of 3,505 metres (11,499 ft), it is the highest town in Venezuela, surrounded by páramo vegetation, the town has tourism facilities such as restaurants, gift shops and small hotels. In addition to tourism the main activities are agriculture, flower cultivation and crafts. It can be reached from Mérida city and Valera by the carretera trans-andina (trans-andean highway) which reaches its highest point at 4,000 metres (13,000 ft) in el Collado del Cóndor (also known as Pico del Águila by the locals) a couple of minutes from the town. In climate, January, the coldest month, average 2.5 °C (36.5 °F) and June, the hottest month, average 11 °C (52 °F) with a yearly average of 6.9 °C (44.4 °F).

Apartaderos sits at the intersection of three river valleys: the Chama which flows down to the city of Mérida, the Santo Domingo which flows to Los Llanos (plains) of Barinas, and the Motatán, which flows to the city of Valera. The striking landscape around Apartaderos has inspired native American myth, poetry and even blogs.

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Coordinates: 8°55′N 71°05′W / 8.917°N 71.083°W / 8.917; -71.083

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