Socos District

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

Socos
District
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
 (2005 census)
 • 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]

gollark: Normally I just stick up my own trade and get random hatchling offers.
gollark: (Yes, I know people like Z-codes *more* for whatever reason, but mostly I just seem to get normal stuff for them)
gollark: I know Z-codes are rare, but so are As, Bs, Cs, Ds, Es, Fs, Gs, Hs, Is, Js, Ks, Ls, Ms, Ns, Ps, Qs, Rs, Ss, Ts, Us, Vs, Ws, Xs and Ys.
gollark: What am I meant to do, ask for it back?
gollark: 3 CB Coppers? Really? Oh well, I traded it already.

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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