San Antonio de Putina Province is a province of the Puno Region in Peru.[1]
The province measures 3,207.38 square kilometres (1,238.38 sq mi) and is divided into five districts:
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]
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]
14°54′50″S 69°52′25″W / 14.91389°S 69.87361°W / -14.91389; -69.87361