Franz Tamayo is a

province A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman '' provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions ou ...

in the Bolivian department of La Paz. It lies in the western part of the nation, and includes the

Ulla Ulla National Reserve The Ulla Ulla National Reserve - which today is part of Apolobamba Integrated Management Natural Area - was created in 1972 with an extension of 240,000 ha, a biosphere reserve located in the Franz Tamayo Province, in the Department of La Paz in ...

- which today is part of the Apolobamba Integrated Management Natural Area - in the high

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plain on the western border with

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. Its capital is Apolo. The province was founded with the name Caupollcán on January 23, 1826. On December 20, 1967 the name was changed in honor of the Bolivian intellectual, writer and politician Franz Tamayo (1878–1956).

Geography

The

Apolobamba Apolobamba ''(Cordillera (de) Apolobamba)'' is a mountain range in the South American Andes. Geographical Location It is located in the eastern borderland of Peru and Bolivia. On the Bolivian side it is situated in the La Paz Department, Bolivia ...

mountain range traverses the province. The highest mountain of the province is Chawpi Urqu (Wisk'achani) at . Other mountains are listed below:

Subdivision

Franz Tamayo Province is divided into two

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which are further subdivided into nine cantons.

Places of interest

Some of the tourist attractions of the municipalities are:www.gobernacionlapaz.gob.bo
Tourist guide by the government of the department *In Apolo Municipality: ** 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 *In Pelechuco Municipality: ** Katantika, one of the most important peaks of the

mountain range, about 5,592 m high, in Pelechuco Canton ** the colonial town of Pelechuco ** the village of Queara near Pelechuco which is also situated in the highest area of

Madidi National Park Madidi () is a national park in the upper Amazon Basin, Amazon river basin in Bolivia. Established in 1995, it has an area of 18,958km². Along with the nearby protected (though not necessarily contiguous) areas Manuripi-Heath, Apolobamba, and th ...

** the

in Ulla Ulla Canton, today a part of the Apolobamba Integrated Management Natural Area ** the pre-Hispanic Guanan ruins in Pelechuco Canton ** Cololo Lake in Antaquilla de Copacabana Canton ** Suches Lake on the border to Peru Other remarkable places are

Pilón Lajas Biosphere Reserve and Communal Lands Pilón Lajas Biosphere Reserve and Communal Lands (''Reserva de Biosfera y Tierra Comunitaria de Origen Pilón Lajas'') is a protected area in Bolivia located in the departments of La Paz La Paz (), officially known as Nuestra Señora de La P ...

, Chalalan Lake and

Chalalan Chalalán is an ecological lodge of the Indigenous People of San José de Uchupiamonas dedicated to ethnic ecotourism. It is located in the Madidi National Park in Bolivia. The cabins are located in the vicinity of Chalalán Lake, on the south ...

ecolodge.

References

{{Authority control Provinces of La Paz Department (Bolivia)