
Apartaderos is a small Andean town in Mérida State, Venezuela.
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Apartaderos is a small Andean town in Mérida State, Venezuela.
thumb|left|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 , 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 Transandean Highway, which reaches its highest point at in El Collado del Cóndor (also known as Pico El Águila by the locals) a couple of minutes from the town. In terms of climate, January, the coldest month, averages , while the hottest month, June, averages . Apartaderos has an Alpine tundra climate (Köppen: ET), the yearly average is with the average temperature of the warmest month below the .
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