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San Román Province

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Country
  
Peru

UBIGEO
  
2111

Area
  
2,278 km²

Region
  
Puno Region

Elevation
  
3,824 m (12,546 ft)

Website
  
www.munijuliaca.gob.pe

Capital
  
Juliaca

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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 which is also second-largest city of the region.

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Map of San Roman, Peru

Political division

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

  • Cabana
  • Cabanillas
  • Caracoto
  • Juliaca
  • Ethnic groups

    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).

    References

    San Román Province Wikipedia