Sandia Province


Sandia Province is a province of the Puno Region in Peru. 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:

Political division

The province measures and is divided into ten districts:
DistrictMayorCapitalUbigeo
Alto InambariJuan Lipa CallaMassiapo211209
CuyocuyoZacarias Santamaria PayeCuyocuyo211202
LimbaniPercy Fermin Soncco QuispeLimbani211203
PatambucoAngel Silvestre Ochoa ColquePatambuco211204
PharaAlfredo Paredes MezaPhara211205
QuiacaConcepcion Mamani CondoriQuiaca211206
San Juan del OroCesar Zegarra LipaSan Juan del Oro211207
San Pedro de Putina PuncoErnesto Yujra EnriquezPutina Punco211210
SandiaAngel Mario Quispe QuispeSandia211201
YanahuayaIvan Rufino Calderon BernalYanahuaya211208

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 learnt to speak in childhood, 35.51% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language and 10.49% using Aymara.