Umanata Municipality

Umanata
Municipality
Suches River, Umanata
Suches River, Umanata
Umanata is located in Bolivia
Umanata
Umanata
Location of the Umanata Municipality within Bolivia
Coordinates: 15°24′0″S 69°11′0″W / 15.40000°S 69.18333°W / -15.40000; -69.18333
Country Bolivia
DepartmentLa Paz Department
ProvinceEliodoro Camacho Province
FoundationFebruary 6, 2009
SeatUmanata
Elevation
13,800 ft (4,200 m)
Population
 (2001)
 • Total6,447
Time zoneUTC-4 (BOT)

Umanata Municipality (also Humanata) 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.[1] Its seat is Umanata (also Humanata) with 196 inhabitants in 2001.[2]

Umanata Municipality is situated in the north-western part of the province. It is bordered to the northwest by Peru, to the east by the Mocomoco Municipality, to the south and southwest by the Puerto Acosta Municipality.