Soraya District

Soraya
District
Country	Peru
Region	Apurímac
Province	Aymaraes
Founded	January 2, 1857
Capital	Soraya
Government
•  Mayor	Oscar Onton Quillama
Area
• Total	43.56 km2 (16.82 sq mi)
Elevation	2,870 m (9,420 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	879
• Density	20/km2 (52/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	030413

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]

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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