Country Bolivia Seat Puerto Acosta | Department La Paz Department Elevation 13,000 ft (4,000 m) | |
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Province Eliodoro Camacho Province | ||
Puerto Acosta Municipality is the first municipal section of the Eliodoro Camacho Province in the La Paz Department in Bolivia. Its seat is Puerto Acosta. At the time of census 2001 the municipality had a population of 27,296, still including Umanata and Escoma as cantons.
Cantons
There are four cantons in the municipality: Puerto Acosta, Parajachi, Chiñaya and San Juan de Cancanani. Until 2009 the municipality consisted of nine cantons (cantones):
On February 6, 2009 Umanata Municipality became the fourth municipal section of the Eliodoro Camacho Province with Umanata as its seat and Escoma Municipality became the fifth one with Escoma as its seat. The four cantons Escoma, Villa Puni, Collasuyo and Challapata Peninsula (PenÃnsula de Challapata), formerly cantons of the Puerto Acosta Municipality, today make up the Escoma Municipality.