Eliodoro Camacho is a province

Province

A province is a territorial unit, almost always an administrative division, within a country or state.-Etymology:The English word "province" is attested since about 1330 and derives from the 13th-century Old French "province," which itself comes from the Latin word "provincia," which referred to...

 in the La Paz Department in Bolivia

Bolivia

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 situated at Lake Titicaca

Lake Titicaca

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. Its seat is Puerto Acosta

Puerto Acosta

Puerto Acosta is a town in the La Paz Department, Bolivia.- References :*...

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Camacho Province is situated in the western region of the La Paz Department bordered to the north by the Muñecas Province

Muñecas Province

Muñecas is a province in the Bolivian department of La Paz. Its capital is Chuma.- Subdivision :The province is divided into three municipalities which are further subdivided into cantons.- External links :*...

, to the east by the Larecaja Province

Larecaja Province

Larecaja is a province in the Bolivian department of La Paz. Its capital is Sorata.- Subdivision :Larecaja Province is divided into eight municipalities which are partly further subdivided into cantons.- Languages :...

, to the south by the Omasuyos Province

Omasuyos Province

Omasuyos is a province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. Its capital is Achacachi.The province is situated in the Altiplano bordered to the north by the Muñecas Province, to the north-east by the Larecaja Province, to the south-east by the Los Andes Province, to the south and west by Lake Titicaca...

, to the west by Lake Titicaca

Lake Titicaca

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 and Moho Province

Moho Province

- Political division :The province measures and is divided into four districts:...

 located in the Puno Region

Puno Region

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 of Peru

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During the presidency of general Ismael Montes

Ismael Montes

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 Camacho Province was created on November 5, 1908, named after the Bolivian politician and officer Eliodoro Camacho

Eliodoro Camacho

Eliodoro Camacho was a noted Bolivian politician, party leader, and presidential candidate. The Eliodoro Camacho Province is named after him. Camacho was born in Inquisivi, Department of La Paz, but grew up in Cochabamba...

. Originally it was composed by 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).

Subdivision

The province is divided into five municipalities

Municipalities of Bolivia

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  which are further subdivided into cantons.

Section	Municipality	Seat	Inhabitants (2001)
1st	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...	Puerto Acosta Puerto Acosta Puerto Acosta is a town in the La Paz Department, Bolivia.- References :*...	1,123
2nd	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 :*...	Mocomoco Mocomoco Mocomoco is a location in the La Paz Department in Bolivia. It is the seat of the Mocomoco Municipality in the Eliodoro Camacho Province.- References :* - External links :*...	444
3rd	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:...	Puerto Carabuco Puerto Carabuco Puerto Carabuco is a location in the La Paz Department in Bolivia.- References :* * * - External links :*...	416
4th	Umanata Municipality Umanata Municipality Umanata Municipality is the fourth municipal section of the Eliodoro Camacho Province in the La Paz Department in Bolivia. It was created on February 6, 2009. Until then it was one of the cantons of the Viacha Municipality...  (also Humanata Municipality)	Umanata (also Humanata)	192
5th	Escoma Municipality Escoma Municipality 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. Its seat is Escoma with 576 inhabitants in the year 2001.Escoma Municipality 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:...	576

External links

• Map of the Eliodoro Camacho Province