Escoma Municipality is the fifth municipal section

Municipalities of Bolivia

Municipalities in Bolivia are administrative divisions of the entire national territory governed by local elections. Municipalities are the third level of administrative divisions, below departments and provinces. Some of the provinces consist of only one municipality...

 of the Eliodoro Camacho Province

Eliodoro Camacho Province

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...

 in the La Paz Department

La Paz Department (Bolivia)

The La Paz Department of Bolivia comprises with a 2001 census population of 2,350,466 inhabitants. It is situated at the western border of Bolivia, sharing Lake Titicaca with Peru. It contains the mighty Cordillera Real that reaches altitudes of . Northeast of the Cordillera Real are the Yungas,...

 in Bolivia

Bolivia

Bolivia officially known as Plurinational State of Bolivia , is a landlocked country in central South America. It is the poorest country in South America...

. It was created on February 6, 2009. Until then this area was part of the Viacha Municipality

Viacha Municipality

Viacha Municipality is the first municipal section of the Ingavi Province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. Its seat is Viacha.- Division :The municipality is subdivided into seven cantons:*Chacoma Irpa Grande - 1,247 inhabitants...

. Its seat is Escoma

Escoma

Escoma is a location in the La Paz Department in Bolivia. It is the seat of the Escoma Municipality, one of five municipalities of the Eliodoro Camacho Province. In 2009 Escoma had an estimated population of 712.-References:...

 with 576 inhabitants in the year 2001.

Escoma Municipality is situated in the Altiplano

Altiplano

The Altiplano , in west-central South America, where the Andes are at their widest, is the most extensive area of high plateau on Earth outside of Tibet...

 on the western edge of the Cordillera Real

Cordillera Real (Bolivia)

The Cordillera Real is a mountain range in the South American Altiplano of Bolivia. This range of fold mountains, largely composed of granite, is located southeast of Lake Titicaca, and east of the Bolivian capital of La Paz, measuring 125 km in length and 20 km in width...

. It is bordered to the north-east, north and west by the Puerto Acosta Municipality

Puerto Acosta Municipality

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...

, to the south by Lake Titicaca

Lake Titicaca

Lake Titicaca is a lake located on the border of Peru and Bolivia. It sits 3,811 m above sea level, making it the highest commercially navigable lake in the world...

, to the south-east by the Puerto Carabuco Municipality

Puerto Carabuco Municipality

Puerto Carabuco Municipality is the third municipal section of the Eliodoro Camacho Province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. Its seat is Puerto Carabuco.- Division :The municipality is subdivided into four cantons:...

 and to the east by the Mocomoco Municipality

Mocomoco Municipality

Mocomoco Municipality is one of five municipalities of the Eliodoro Camacho Province in the La Paz Department in Bolivia. Its seat is Mocomoco.- Division :The municipality is divided into four cantons:- References :* - External links :*...

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Division

The municipality is divided into four canton

Cantons of Bolivia

||On the level below municipalities, Bolivia is divided into cantons ....

s:

Canton	Inhabitants (2001)	Seat
Escoma Canton	5,097	Escoma Escoma Escoma is a location in the La Paz Department in Bolivia. It is the seat of the Escoma Municipality, one of five municipalities of the Eliodoro Camacho Province. In 2009 Escoma had an estimated population of 712.-References:...
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.

External links

• Population data of Puerto Acosta Municipality in 2001 and map (still including Escoma Canton and Umanata Canton)