Saurama District
Saurama Sawrama | |
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Country | ![]() |
Region | Ayacucho |
Province | Vilcas Huamán |
Founded | February 19, 1986 |
Capital | Saurama |
Area | |
• Total | 95.15 km2 (36.74 sq mi) |
Elevation | 3,540 m (11,610 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 1,703 |
• Density | 18/km2 (46/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
UBIGEO | 051107 |
Saurama District is one of eight districts of the province Vilcas Huamán in Peru.[1]
Ethnic groups
[edit]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]
References
[edit]- ^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
- ^ 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)