Sandia is a province of the Puno Region in Peru. 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:
The province measures and is divided into ten districts:
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).