Sandia Province
| Sandia Province | |
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 Location of the province in the Puno region |
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| Basic data | |
| Country | Peru |
| region | Puno |
| Seat | Sandia |
| surface | 11,862 km² |
| Residents | 50,742 (2017) |
| density | 4.3 inhabitants per km² |
| founding | May 2, 1854 |
| ISO 3166-2 | PE-PUN |
| Website | www.munisandia.gob.pe (Spanish) |
| politics | |
| Alcalde Provincial | Víctor Adán Málaga Carcasi (2019-2022) |
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Coordinates: 13 ° 56 ′ S , 69 ° 21 ′ W
The province of Sandia belongs to the administrative region of Puno and is located in the south of Peru . It has an area of 11,862 km². The 2017 census counted 50,742 residents in the province. Ten years earlier the population was 62,147. The administrative seat is Sandia .
Geographical location
The province of Sandia is located in the northeast of the Puno region. The longitudinal extent in SSW-NNE direction is 200 km, the average width is about 60 km. The province extends in the south over a 65 km long section of the Cordillera Carabaya , a mountain range of the Peruvian Eastern Cordillera . In the central part of the province are the mountain ridges in front of Andes, to the north of which the upstream Amazon lowlands . The province lies almost entirely in the catchment area of the Río Madre de Dios . The Río Inambari drains the southern area of the province, the Río Tambopata flows transversely (from southeast to northwest) over the northern area of the province. The Río Heath runs along the northern eastern border of the province. The upper reaches of the Río Ramis (also Río Carabaya), a tributary of Lake Titicaca , runs a short distance along the southern provincial border.
The province of Sandia borders on Bolivia to the east, the province of San Antonio de Putina to the south, the province of Carabaya to the west and the province of Tambopata ( Madre de Dios region ) to the north .
Administrative division
The province of Sandia consists of ten districts. The district of Sandia is the seat of the provincial administration.
| District | Administrative headquarters |
|---|---|
| Alto Inambari | Massiapo |
| Cuyocuyo | Cuyocuyo |
| Limbani | Limbani |
| Patambuco | Patambuco |
| Phara | Phara |
| Quiaca | Quiaca |
| San Juan del Oro | San Juan del Oro |
| San Pedro de Putina Punco | Putina Punco |
| Sandia | Sandia |
| Yanahuaya | Yanahuaya |
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Sandia, Province in Puno Region . www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved November 23, 2019.
