Sandia is a province of the Puno Region in Peru. Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Digital , Retrieved November 7, 2007 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:escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map Crucero 2 (Puno Region)escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map province of Sandia (Puno Region)
Political division The province measures 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).inei.gob.pe INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007
See also Mawk'allaqta Quchak'uchu Qulu Qulu
References
External links www.munisandia.gob.pe Official province web site