Sandia Province

Province in Puno, Peru

Coat of arms

Location of Sandia in the Puno Region

CountryPeruRegionPunoCapitalSandiaGovernment

• MayorAngel Mario Quispe QuispeArea

• Total11,862.41 km² (4,580.10 sq mi)Elevation

2,178 m (7,146 ft)Population

• Total65,431 • Density5.5/km² (14/sq mi)UBIGEO2112Websitewww.munisandia.gob.pe

Sandia Province is a province of the Puno Region in Peru.^[1] The capital of the province is the city of Sandia.

Geography

The Apolobamba mountain range traverses the province. Some of the highest mountains of the province are listed below:^[2]^[3]

Achu Achu
Ankayuq K'uchu
Ariquma
Chimpa Kiswarani
Chuqichampi
Ch'uxñaquta
Hatun Pinkilluni
Hatun Wayq'u
Huch'uy Pinkilluni
Janq'u Qala
Janq'u Uma
Kimsa Chata
Kuntur Ikiña
Kunturini
K'ark'a Chunta
K'ayrani
Laramani
Liqiliqini
Machu Llaqta
Pinkilluni
Puka Pukayuq
Pukara
Qala Qala
Qaqa Wasi
Qaqinkurani
Qayqu Tira
Qurwari
Q'alawaña
Rit'i Chaki
Rit'i K'uchu
Rit'ikunka
Rit'ipata
Saywani
Suk'a Suk'a
Surapata
Surapata Urqu
Utkhuqaqa
Wanakuni
Warachani
Wila Saltu
Wirta Pata
Yana Urqu

Political division

The province measures 11,862.41 square kilometres (4,580.10 sq mi) and is divided into ten districts:

District	Mayor	Capital	Ubigeo
Alto Inambari	Juan Lipa Calla	Massiapo	211209
Cuyocuyo	Zacarias Santamaria Paye	Cuyocuyo	211202
Limbani	Percy Fermin Soncco Quispe	Limbani	211203
Patambuco	Angel Silvestre Ochoa Colque	Patambuco	211204
Phara	Alfredo Paredes Meza	Phara	211205
Quiaca	Concepcion Mamani Condori	Quiaca	211206
San Juan del Oro	Cesar Zegarra Lipa	San Juan del Oro	211207
San Pedro de Putina Punco	Ernesto Yujra Enriquez	Putina Punco	211210
Sandia	Angel Mario Quispe Quispe	Sandia	211201
Yanahuaya	Ivan Rufino Calderon Bernal	Yanahuaya	211208

Ethnic groups

The people in the province are mainly indigenous citizens of Aymara and Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (53.86%) learnt to speak in childhood, 35.51% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language and 10.49% using Aymara (2007 Peru Census).^[4]

References

^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Digital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved November 7, 2007
^ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map Crucero 2 (Puno Region)
^ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map Sandia Province (Puno Region)
^ inei.gob.pe Archived 2013-01-27 at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007