Saurama District

Saurama District is one of eight districts of the province Vilcas Huamán in Peru.[1]

Saurama

Sawrama
District
Country Peru
RegionAyacucho
ProvinceVilcas Huamán
FoundedFebruary 19, 1986
CapitalSaurama
Area
 • Total95.15 km2 (36.74 sq mi)
Elevation
3,540 m (11,610 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total1,703
 • Density18/km2 (46/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO051107

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (96.32%) learnt to speak in childhood, 3.68% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

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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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