San Antonio de Putina Province

Province in Puno, Peru

San Antonio de Putina Province is a province of the Puno Region in Peru.^[1]

Political division

The province measures 3,207.38 square kilometres (1,238.38 sq mi) and is divided into five districts:

Geography

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]

Ethnic groups

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

• Chullpaqucha
• Ch'uxñaquta

References

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

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