Tauria District

Tauria
District
Country  Peru
Region Arequipa
Province La Unión
Founded November 19, 1954
Capital Tauria
Government
  Mayor Efrain Guillermo Sanchez Medina
Area
  Total 314.68 km2 (121.50 sq mi)
Elevation 2,900 m (9,500 ft)
Population (2005 census)
  Total 357
  Density 1.1/km2 (2.9/sq mi)
Time zone PET (UTC-5)
UBIGEO 040809

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

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. (Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
  2. inei.gob.pe INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)

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