Puerto Acosta Municipality

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== Cantons == There are four cantons in the municipality: [[Puerto Acosta Canton|Puerto Acosta]], [[Parajachi Canton|Parajachi]], [[Chiñaya 6 de Agosto Canton|Chiñaya]] and [[San Juan de Cancanani Canton|San Juan de Cancanani]]. Until 2009 the municipality consisted of nine cantons (''cantones''):

{|class="wikitable" border="1" style="width:40%;" border="1" |-bgcolor=silver ! '''Canton''' ! '''Inhabitants <small>(2001)</small>'''<ref>[http://www.ine.gob.bo www.ine.gob.bo]</ref> ! '''Seat''' ! '''Inhabitants <small>(2001)</small>''' |- | Puerto Acosta Canton | align="right"| 6,745 | [[Puerto Acosta]] | align="right"| 1,123 |- | Umanata Canton (now: [[Umanata Municipality]]) | align="right"| 6,447 | [[Umanata]] | align="right"| 192 |- | Escoma Canton (now in [[Escoma Municipality]]) | align="right"| 5,097 | [[Escoma]] | align="right"| 576 |- | [[Challapata Peninsula Canton]] (now in Escoma Municipality) | align="right"| 905 | [[Challapata, La Paz|Challapata]] | align="right"| - |- | Parajachi Canton or Puerto Parajachi Canton | align="right"| 2,245 | [[Parajachi]] | align="right"| - |- | [[Villa Puni Canton]] (now in Escoma Municipality) | align="right"| 514 | [[Villa Puni]] | align="right"| 329 |- | [[Collasuyo Canton]] (now in Escoma Municipality) | align="right"| 561 | [[Collasuyo (La Paz)|Collasuyo]] | align="right"| 22 |- | Chiñaya Canton | align="right"| 3,296 | [[Chiñaya]] | align="right"| 150 |- | San Juan de Cancanani Canton | align="right"| 1,486 | [[San Juan de Cancanani]] | align="right"| 172 |- |}

On February 6, 2009 <ref>[http://www.planguarani.com/noticias/pagina.php?sip=246 www.planguarani.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715092055/http://www.planguarani.com/noticias/pagina.php?sip=246 |date=2011-07-15 }} (Spanish)</ref> [[Umanata Municipality]] became the fourth [[Municipalities of Bolivia|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.<ref>[http://www.lexivox.org/norms/BO-L-4004.xhtml Ley Nº 4004] (Spanish)</ref>

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== External links == * [https://web.archive.org/web/20160219192852/http://www.ine.gob.bo/publicaciones/visorPdf.aspx?Codigo=020401&tipo=1 Population data of Puerto Acosta Municipality in 2001 and map (still including Escoma Canton and Umanata Canton)]

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