Socos District

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Socos
District
Socos District
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Ayacucho
Province Huamanga
FoundedJune 14, 1968
Capital Socos
Government
 •  Mayor Edgar Cristan Meneses
Area
 • Total
81.75 km2 (31.56 sq mi)
Elevation
3,400 m (11,200 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total
7,454
 • Density91/km2 (240/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 050112

Socos District is one of fifteen districts of the province Huamanga in Peru. [1]

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (95.47%) learnt to speak in childhood, 4.31% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census). [2]

References

  1. ↑ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved April 11, 2008.
  2. ↑ inei.gob.pe Archived 2013-01-27 at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)

13°12′39″S74°17′15″W / 13.2108°S 74.2875°W / -13.2108; -74.2875


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