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,census 2001: Puerto Acosta Municipality (Spanish) 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):
Canton Inhabitants (2001)www.ine.gob.bo Seat Inhabitants (2001) Puerto Acosta Canton 6,745 Puerto Acosta 1,123 Umanata Canton (now: Umanata Municipality) 6,447 Umanata 192 Escoma Canton (now in Escoma Municipality) 5,097 Escoma 576 Challapata Peninsula Canton (now in Escoma Municipality) 905 Challapata - Parajachi Canton or Puerto Parajachi Canton 2,245 Parajachi - Villa Puni Canton (now in Escoma Municipality) 514 Villa Puni 329 Collasuyo Canton (now in Escoma Municipality) 561 Collasuyo 22 Chiñaya Canton 3,296 Chiñaya 150 San Juan de Cancanani Canton 1,486 San Juan de Cancanani 172
On February 6, 2009 www.planguarani.com (Spanish) 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 (Península de Challapata), formerly cantons of the Puerto Acosta Municipality, today make up the Escoma Municipality.Ley Nº 4004 (Spanish)
References
External links Population data of Puerto Acosta Municipality in 2001 and map (still including Escoma Canton and Umanata Canton)