Tauria District

Tauria District is one of eleven districts of the province La Unión in Peru.[1]

Tauria
Country Peru
RegionArequipa
ProvinceLa Unión
FoundedNovember 19, 1954
CapitalTauria
Government
  MayorEfrain Guillermo Sanchez Medina
Area
  Total314.68 km2 (121.50 sq mi)
Elevation
2,900 m (9,500 ft)
Population
  Total357
  Density1.1/km2 (2.9/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO040809

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (62.15%) learnt to speak in childhood, 37.54% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

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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