UBIGEO 2111 Area 2,278 km² | Elevation 3,824 m (12,546 ft) Website www.munijuliaca.gob.pe | |
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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):
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(Text) CC BY-SA