Sina District is one of five districts of the San Antonio de Putina Province in the Puno Region of Peru.

Geography

The Apolobamba mountain range traverses the district. The highest peaks of the district is Chawpi Urqu at 6044 m above sea level which is also the highest elevation of the range. Other mountains are listed below:

History

Sina District was created on May 2, 1854.

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (80.79%) learnt to speak in childhood, 15.54% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).

Mayors

Festivities