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Soraya
District
Country	Peru
Region	Apurímac
Province	Aymaraes
Founded	January 2, 1857
Capital	Soraya
Government
• Mayor	Oscar Onton Quillama
Area
• Total	43.56 km (16.82 sq mi)
Elevation	2,870 m (9,420 ft)
Population
• Total	879
• Density	20/km (52/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	030413

Soraya District is one of the seventeen districts of the province Aymaraes 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 (79.31%) learnt to speak in childhood, 20.00% 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 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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