Soraya District

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Soraya
District
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Apurímac
Province Aymaraes
FoundedJanuary 2, 1857
Capital Soraya
Government
 •  Mayor Oscar Onton Quillama
Area
 • Total43.56 km2 (16.82 sq mi)
Elevation
2,870 m (9,420 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total879
 • Density20/km2 (52/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 030413
Plaza de Armas of the Soraya District DISTRITO DE SORAYA.jpg
Plaza de Armas of the Soraya District

Soraya District is one of the seventeen districts of the province Aymaraes 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 (79.31%) learnt to speak in childhood, 20.00% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census). [2]

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References

  1. ↑ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Digital Archived 2008-04-10 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved April 7, 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)

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