Soraya District is one of the seventeen districts of the province Aymaraes in Peru.[1]

Soraya
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Country Peru
RegionApurímac
ProvinceAymaraes
FoundedJanuary 2, 1857
CapitalSoraya
Government
 • MayorOscar Onton Quillama
Area
 • Total43.56 km2 (16.82 sq mi)
Elevation
2,870 m (9,420 ft)
Population
 • Total879
 • Density20/km2 (52/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO030413
Plaza de Armas of the Soraya District

Ethnic groups

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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

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  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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