Puerto Acosta Municipality is the first municipal section of the Eliodoro Camacho Province in the La Paz Department in Bolivia. Its seat is Puerto Acosta. At the time of census 2001 the municipality had a population of 27,296,^[1] still including Umanata and Escoma as cantons.

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Puerto Acosta Municipality
Municipality
Puerto Acosta (Huaycho)
Puerto Acosta Municipality Location of the Puerto Acosta Municipality within Bolivia
Coordinates: 15°30′0″S 69°10′0″W
Country	Bolivia
Department	La Paz Department
Province	Eliodoro Camacho Province
Seat	Puerto Acosta
Government
• Mayor	Freddy Surco Toledo (2007)
• President	Braulio Quispe Condori (2007)
Area
• Total	322 sq mi (833 km2)
Elevation	13,000 ft (4,000 m)
Population  (2001)
• Total	27,296
Time zone	UTC-4 (BOT)

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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):

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]