Puerto Acosta Municipality

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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)[2] 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 [3] 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.[4]

References

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  1. census 2001: Puerto Acosta MunicipalityScript error: No such module "Unsubst". (Spanish)
  2. www.ine.gob.bo
  3. www.planguarani.com Script error: No such module "webarchive". (Spanish)
  4. Ley Nº 4004 (Spanish)

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