Puerto Acosta Municipality


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 :
CantonInhabitants SeatInhabitants
Puerto Acosta Canton6,745Puerto Acosta1,123
Umanata Canton 6,447Umanata192
Escoma Canton 5,097Escoma576
Challapata Peninsula Canton 905Challapata-
Parajachi Canton or Puerto Parajachi Canton2,245Parajachi-
Villa Puni Canton 514Villa Puni329
Collasuyo Canton 561Collasuyo22
Chiñaya Canton3,296Chiñaya150
San Juan de Cancanani Canton1,486San Juan de Cancanani172

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 , formerly cantons of the Puerto Acosta Municipality, today make up the Escoma Municipality.