Socos District

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

Socos
Country Peru
RegionAyacucho
ProvinceHuamanga
FoundedJune 14, 1968
CapitalSocos
Government
  MayorEdgar Cristan Meneses
Area
  Total81.75 km2 (31.56 sq mi)
Elevation
3,400 m (11,200 ft)
Population
  Total7,454
  Density91/km2 (240/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO050112

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)

13.2108°S 74.2875°W / -13.2108; -74.2875

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