Sina District is one of five
districts
A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...
of the
San Antonio de Putina Province
San Antonio de Putina Province is a province of the Puno Region in Peru.
Political division
The province measures and is divided into five districts:
Geography
The Apolobamba mountain range traverses the province. Wisk'achani (Chawpi Urqu ...
in the
Puno Region
Puno () is a department and region in southeastern Peru. It is the fifth largest department in Peru, after Cuzco, Madre de Dios, Ucayali, and Loreto. It is bordered by Bolivia on the east, the departments of Madre de Dios on the north, Cusco ...
of
Peru
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.
Geography
The
Apolobamba
Apolobamba ''(Cordillera (de) Apolobamba)'' is a mountain range in the South American Andes.
Geographical Location
It is located in the eastern borderland of Peru and Bolivia. On the Bolivian side it is situated in the La Paz Department, Bolivia ...
mountain range traverses the district. The highest peaks of the district is
Chawpi Urqu
Chaupi Orco (possibly from in the Quechua spelling ''Chawpi Urqu''; ''chawpi'' middle, center, ''urqu'' mountain) or Viscachani (possibly from the Aymara 'wisk'acha'' viscacha)'' is a mountain in the Andes on the border of Bolivia and Peru. It ...
at above sea level which is also the highest elevation of the range. Other mountains are listed below:
History
Sina District was created on May 2, 1854.
Ethnic groups
The people in the district are mainly
indigenous citizens of
Quechua descent.
Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (80.79%) learnt to speak in childhood, 15.54% of the residents started speaking using the
Spanish language (
2007 Peru Census
The 2007 Peru Census was a detailed enumeration of the Peruvian population. It was conducted by the Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática on Sunday, October 21, 2007. Its full name in Spanish is XI Censo de Población y VI de Viviend ...
).
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INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)
Mayors
* 2011-2014: Ricardo Flores Hilasaca.
* 2007-2010: Marcial Huanca Mamani.
Festivities
* Candlemas, the Feast of the Purification of the Virgin.
* Cross of May
References
External links
INEI Peru
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