Sina district

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Sina district
The district of Sina is located in the northeast of the province of San Antonio de Putina (marked in red)
The district of Sina is located in the northeast of the province of San Antonio de Putina (marked in red)
Basic data
Country Peru
region Puno
province San Antonio de PutinaTemplate: Infobox administrative unit / maintenance / other
Seat Sina
surface 467 km²
Residents 1649 (2017)
density 3.5 inhabitants per km²
founding May 2, 1854
ISO 3166-2 PE-PUN
politics
Alcalde District Rober Valdivia Toro
(2019-2022)

Coordinates: 14 ° 30 ′  S , 69 ° 17 ′  W

The district of Sina is located in the province of San Antonio de Putina in the Puno region in southern Peru . The district was founded on May 2, 1854. It has an area of ​​467 km². The 2017 census counted 1649 inhabitants. In 1993 the population was 1161, in 2007 it was 1472. The administrative seat of the district is the 3229  m high village of Sina with 527 inhabitants (as of 2017). Sina is located 80 km northeast of the provincial capital Putina .

Geographical location

The district of Sina is located in the northeast of the province of San Antonio de Putina in the Cordillera Carabaya . The mountains reach a height of 6044  m on the Bolivian border in the east of the district in Nevado Chaupi Orco . The district extends over two valleys north of the main ridge of the Cordillera Carabaya. The western valley is traversed by the Río Sina, a source river of the Río Inambari , in a northerly direction. In this valley is the main town Sina. A 4700  m high pass road connects the high valley with the south side of the mountains. To the north, the road continues to Yanahuaya . A cul-de-sac leads east from Sina to the villages of Girigachi and Saqui. The eastern part of the district forms the headwaters of the Río Tambopata , which flows north.

The district of Sina borders in the south on the district Ananea , in the west on the district Quiaca ( province Sandia ), in the north on the district Yanahuaya (also in the province Sandia) and in the east on the Bolivian province Franz Tamayo .

Localities

In addition to the main town of Sina, there are the following larger towns and settlements in the district:

  • Girigachi
  • Koriwara
  • Potoni (302 inhabitants)
  • Saqui
  • Totora

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b PERU: Region Puno - Provinces and Districts . www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved May 10, 2020.