Eliodoro Camacho is a province in the La Paz Department in Bolivia situated at Lake Titicaca. Its seat is Puerto Acosta.
Camacho Province is situated in the western region of the La Paz Department bordered to the north by the Muñecas Province, to the east by the Larecaja Province, to the south by the Omasuyos Province, to the west by Lake Titicaca and Moho Province located in the Puno Region of Peru.
Camacho Province was created during the presidency of General Ismael Montes on November 5, 1908, named after the Bolivian politician and officer Eliodoro Camacho. Originally it was composed of the cantons Huaycho, Escoma, Carabuco, Italaque, Mocomoco and Ambaná. Huaycho became the capital of the province under the name "Puerto Acosta" (meaning: "Port Acosta") in honor of the writer Nicolás Acosta (1844 - 1893).Diccionario Cultural Boliviano (Spanish)
Subdivision The province is divided into five municipalitieswww.bolivia.com (Spanish) which are further subdivided into cantons.
Section Municipality Seat Inhabitants (2001) www.ine.gov.bo (Spanish) 1st Puerto Acosta Municipality Puerto Acosta 1,123 2nd Mocomoco Municipality Mocomoco 444 3rd Puerto Carabuco Municipality Puerto Carabuco 416 4th Umanata Municipality (also Humanata Municipality) Umanata (also Humanata) 192 5th Escoma Municipality Escoma 576
See also Qachu Quta Uma Jalsu
External links Map of the Eliodoro Camacho Province
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