San Antonio de Putina Province
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 Location of San Antonio de Putina in the Puno Region | |
| 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 |
San Antonio de Putina Province is a province of the Puno Region in Peru.[1]
Political division
[edit]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 |
Geography
[edit]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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Ethnic groups
[edit]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]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ (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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