| Sandia | |
| Settlement Type: | Province |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Peru |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Puno |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Seat Type: | Capital |
| Seat: | Sandia |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Angel Mario Quispe Quispe |
| Area Total Km2: | 11862.41 |
| Elevation M: | 2178 |
| Population Total: | 65431 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Blank Name Sec1: | UBIGEO |
| Blank Info Sec1: | 2112 |
Sandia Province is a province of the Puno Region in Peru.[1] The capital of the province is the city of Sandia.
The Apolobamba mountain range traverses the province. Some of the highest mountains of the province are listed below:[2] [3]
The province measures and is divided into ten districts:
| District | Mayor | Capital | Ubigeo | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juan Lipa Calla | Massiapo | 211209 | ||
| Zacarias Santamaria Paye | Cuyocuyo | 211202 | ||
| Percy Fermin Soncco Quispe | Limbani | 211203 | ||
| Angel Silvestre Ochoa Colque | Patambuco | 211204 | ||
| Alfredo Paredes Meza | Phara | 211205 | ||
| Concepcion Mamani Condori | Quiaca | 211206 | ||
| Cesar Zegarra Lipa | San Juan del Oro | 211207 | ||
| Ernesto Yujra Enriquez | Putina Punco | 211210 | ||
| Angel Mario Quispe Quispe | Sandia | 211201 | ||
| Ivan Rufino Calderon Bernal | Yanahuaya | 211208 |
The people in the province are mainly indigenous citizens of Aymara and Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (53.86%) learnt to speak in childhood, 35.51% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language and 10.49% using Aymara (2007 Peru Census).[4]