San Román | |
Settlement Type: | Province |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Peru |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Puno |
Established Title: | Founded |
Seat Type: | Capital |
Seat: | Juliaca |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | David Sucacahua Yucra (2019-2022) |
Area Total Km2: | 2277.63 |
Elevation M: | 3824 |
Population Total: | 307417 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Blank Name Sec1: | UBIGEO |
Blank Info Sec1: | 2111 |
San Román is a province in the Puno Region of Peru. It borders the provinces of Lampa, Azángaro, Puno, Huancane, the Arequipa Province of the Arequipa Region and Moquegua Region's province of General Sánchez Cerro. Its capital is the city of Juliaca.
The province is divided into four districts (Spanish: distritos, singular: distrito):
The province is inhabited by indigenous citizens of Aymara and Quechua descent. Spanish is the language which the majority of the population (61.52%) learnt to speak in childhood, 29.80% of the residents started speaking using the Quechua language and 8.53% using Aymara (2007 Peru Census).[1]