Eliodoro Camacho Province
Eliodoro Camacho | |
|---|---|
Province | |
 Suches River in Umanata | |
 Location o Eliodoro Camacho Province athin Bolivie | |
 Provinces o the La Paz Depairtment | |
| Coordinates: 15°30′0″S 69°5′0″W / 15.50000°S 69.08333°W | |
| Kintra |  Bolivie |
| Depairtment | La Paz Depairtment |
| Municipalities | 5 |
| Foondation | 5 November 1908 |
| Caipital | Puerto Acosta |
| Area | |
| • Total | 15900 km2 (6,100 sq mi) |
| Population (2001) | |
| • Total | 57,745 |
| • Density | 27.8/km2 (72/sq mi) |
| • Ethnicities | Aymara |
Eliodoro Camacho is a province in the La Paz Depairtment in Bolivie situatit at Lake Titicaca. Its seat is Puerto Acosta.
Camacho Province is situatit in the wastren region o the La Paz Depairtment bordered tae the north bi the Muñecas Province, tae the east bi the Larecaja Province, tae the sooth bi the Omasuyos Province, tae the wast bi Lake Titicaca an Moho Province locatit in the Puno Region o Peru.
Durin the presidency o general Ismael Montes Camacho Province wis creatit on 5 November 1908,[1] namit efter the Bolivie politeecian an officer Eliodoro Camacho. Oreeginally it wis composed bi the cantons Huaycho, Escoma, Carabuco, Italaque, Mocomoco an Ambaná. Huaycho became the caipital o the province unner the name Puerto Acosta (meanin: "Port Acosta") in honor o the writer Nicolás Acosta (1844 - 1893).[2]
Subdiveesion
[eedit | edit soorce]The province is dividit intae five municipalities [3] which are further subdividit intae cantons.
| Section | Municipality | Seat | Inhabitants (2001) [4] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Puerto Acosta Municipality | Puerto Acosta | 1,123 |
| 2nd | Mocomoco Municipality | Mocomoco | 444 |
| 3rd | Puerto Carabuco Municipality | Puerto Carabuco | 416 |
| 4th | Umanata Municipality (an aw Humanata Municipality) | Umanata (an aw Humanata) | 192 |
| 5th | Escoma Municipality | Escoma | 576 |
Transport in Eliodoro Camacho Province
See an aw
[eedit | edit soorce]Freemit airtins
[eedit | edit soorce]- Map o the Eliodoro Camacho Province Archived 2009-08-16 at the Wayback Machine
References
[eedit | edit soorce]- ↑ "www.lexivox.org". www.lexivox.org. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
- ↑ Diccionario Cultural Boliviano (Spanish)
- ↑ www.bolivia.com (Spaingie)
- ↑ www.ine.gov.bo Archived 2009-10-27 at the Wayback Machine (Spaingie)
