Toraya District

Toraya
District
Country	Peru
Region	Apurímac
Province	Aymaraes
Founded	July 15, 1936
Capital	Toraya
Government
•  Mayor	Simon Merino Gonzales
Area
• Total	173.05 km2 (66.81 sq mi)
Elevation	3,146 m (10,322 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	1,684
• Density	9.7/km2 (25/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	030416

Toraya District is one of the seventeen districts of the Aymaraes Province in Peru. ^[1]

Geography

One of the highest peaks of the district is P'unquchayuq at approximately 4,400 m (14,400 ft). Other mountains are listed below: ^[2]

• Anta Urqu
• Aqchipa Wachana
• Aymara
• Chuqu Waraka
• Kuntur Wachana
• Kunturillu
• Lliwa Urqu
• Minayuq
• Puka T'uruyuq
• Puma Ranra
• Qucha Llink'i
• Quchayuq
• Titiyuq
• Uqhu Rumi

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (82.55%) learnt to speak in childhood, 16.96% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census). ^[3]

References

1. (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Digital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved April 7, 2008.
2. escale.minedu.gob.pe/ UGEL map Aymaraes Province (Apurímac Region)
3. 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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