Socos District

Socos
District
Interactive map of Socos
Country Peru
RegionAyacucho
ProvinceHuamanga
FoundedJune 14, 1968
CapitalSocos
Government
 • MayorEdgar Cristan Meneses
Area
 • Total
81.75 km2 (31.56 sq mi)
Elevation
3,400 m (11,200 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total
7,454
 • Density91.18/km2 (236.2/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO050112

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

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).

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)

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