Puno Province

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Puno
Province
Location of Puno in the Puno Region
Country Peru
Region Puno
Founded March 16, 1956
Capital Puno
Government
 • Mayor Luis Butron Castillo (2007)
Area
 • Total 6,494.76 km2 (2,507.64 sq mi)
Elevation 3,827 m (12,556 ft)
Population  (2002 estimate)
 • Total 221,800
 • Density 34/km2 (88/sq mi)
UBIGEO 2101
Website www.munipuno.gob.pe

Puno is a province in the Puno Region, in southeastern Peru. It borders the provinces of Huancane, San Román, El Collao and the Moquegua Region's province of General Sánchez Cerro. Its capital is the city of Puno, which is located at the edge of Lake Titicaca, the world's highest navigable lake. This province is the economic powerhouse of the region.

Political division

The province is divided into fifteen districts (Spanish: distritos, singular: distrito):

Ethnic groups

The province is inhabited by indigenous citizens of Aymara and Quechua descent. Spanish is the language which the majority of the population (45.40%) learnt to speak in childhood, 27.67% of the residents started speaking using the Quechua language and 26.50% using Aymara (2007 Peru Census).[1]

See also

Sources

  1. ↑ inei.gob.pe INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007

Coordinates: 15°50′36″S 70°01′25″W / 15.84333°S 70.02361°W / -15.84333; -70.02361

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