Escoma Municipality is the fifth municipal section of the Eliodoro Camacho Province in the La Paz Department in Bolivia. It was created on February 6, 2009. Until then this area was part of the Viacha Municipality.[1] Its seat is Escoma with 576 inhabitants in the year 2001.[2]
Escoma | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
 UAC Escoma | |
  Escoma Location of the Umanata Municipality within Bolivia | |
| Coordinates: 15°37′0″S 69°9′0″W / 15.61667°S 69.15000°W | |
| Country |  Bolivia |
| Department | La Paz Department |
| Province | Eliodoro Camacho Province |
| Foundation | February 6, 2009 |
| Seat | Escoma |
| Elevation | 13,000 ft (4,000 m) |
| Population (2001) | |
| • Total | 7,077 |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (BOT) |
Escoma Municipality is situated in the Altiplano on the western edge of the Cordillera Real. It is bordered to the north-east, north and west by the Puerto Acosta Municipality, to the south by Lake Titicaca, to the south-east by the Puerto Carabuco Municipality and to the east by the Mocomoco Municipality.
Division
editThe municipality is divided into four cantons:
| Canton | Inhabitants (2001)[3] | Seat |
|---|---|---|
| Escoma Canton | 5,097 | Escoma |
| Challapata Peninsula Canton | 905 | Challapata |
| Collasuyo Canton | 561 | Collasuyo |
| Villa Puni Canton | 514 | Villa Puni |
Formerly all these cantons which now make up the Escoma Municipality belonged to the Viacha Municipality.
References
edit- ^ www.bolivia.com (Spanish)
- ^ National Institute of Statistics of Bolivia Archived September 24, 2011, at the Wayback Machine (Spanish)
- ^ www.ine.gov.bo Archived November 13, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
External links
edit- Population data of Puerto Acosta Municipality in 2001 and map (still including Escoma Canton and Umanata Canton)
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