| Atabapo Municipality | |
| Native Name: | Municipio Atabapo |
| Native Name Lang: | es |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Flag Size: | 100px |
| Seal Size: | 100px |
| Mapsize: | 300px |
| Pushpin Map: | Venezuela |
| Pushpin Map Alt: | Map showing the location of Atabapo Municipality within Venezuela |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 300px |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Venezuela |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Amazonas |
| Seat Type: | Municipal seat |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Nelsón Cayupare (PPT) |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Total: | 9169 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Established Title1: | Established |
| Established Title2: | Incorporated |
| Timezone: | VET |
| Utc Offset: | -4 |
| Area Code Type: | Area code(s) |
| Area Code: | 0248 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code(s) |
| Footnotes: | See main article: other. |
The Atabapo Municipality (Spanish; Castilian: Municipio Atabapo) is one of the seven municipalities (municipios) that makes up the southern Venezuelan state of Amazonas and, according to the 2011 census by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 9,169.[1] The town of San Fernando de Atabapo is the municipal seat of the Atabapo Municipality.[2]
The Atabapo Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 10,625 (up from 8,475 in 2000). This amounts to 7.4% of the state's population.[3] The municipality's population density is .[4]
The mayor of the Atabapo Municipality is Nelsón Cayupare, elected on October 31, 2004, with 38% of the vote.[5] He replaced Nepomuceno Patiño shortly after the elections.[6] The municipality is divided into three parishes; Ucata, Yapacana, and Caname (previous to December 18, 1997, the Atabapo Municipality contained only a single parish).