San_Antonio_de_Putina_Province
San Antonio de Putina Province
Province in Puno, Peru
San Antonio de Putina Province is a province of the Puno Region in Peru.[1]
San Antonio de Putina | |
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Country | Peru |
Region | Puno |
Founded | June 12, 1989 |
Capital | Putina |
Government | |
• Mayor | Alex Max Sullca Cáceres (2007-10) |
Area | |
• Total | 3,207.38 km2 (1,238.38 sq mi) |
Elevation | 3,874 m (12,710 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 44,853 |
• Density | 14/km2 (36/sq mi) |
UBIGEO | 2110 |
Website | www |
The province measures 3,207.38 square kilometres (1,238.38 sq mi) and is divided into five districts:
District | Mayor | Capital | Ubigeo |
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Ananea | Crispin Amanqui Rodriguez | Ananea | 211002 |
Pedro Vilca Apaza | Juan Pablo Salas Chipana | Ayrampuni | 211003 |
Putina | Alex Max Sullca Caceres | Putina | 211001 |
Quilcapuncu | Leonardo Lipa Alvarez | Quilcapuncu | 211004 |
Sina | Marcial Huanca Mamani | Sina | 211005 |
The Apolobamba mountain range traverses the province. Wisk'achani (Chawpi Urqu), the highest mountain of the range, lies on the border with Bolivia. Other peaks of the province are listed below:[2]
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The people in the province are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (60.23%) learnt to speak in childhood, 30.24% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language and 9.37% using Aymara (2007 Peru Census).[3]
- (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Digital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved January 2, 2008
- escale.minedu.gob.pe/ UGEL map Putina Province (Puno Region)
- inei.gob.pe Archived 2013-01-27 at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007
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