Tauria District
Appearance
Tauria | |
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Country | ![]() |
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 | |
• Total | 357 |
• Density | 1.1/km2 (2.9/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
UBIGEO | 040809 |
Tauria District is one of eleven districts of the province La Unión 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 (62.15%) learnt to speak in childhood, 37.54% 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)