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Socos District

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Country
  
Peru

Province
  
Huamanga

Time zone
  
PET (UTC-5)

Elevation
  
3,400 m

Capital
  
Socos

Region
  
Ayacucho

Founded
  
June 14, 1968

UBIGEO
  
050112

Area
  
81.75 kmĀ²

Socos District is one of fifteen districts of the province Huamanga 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 (95.47%) learnt to speak in childhood, 4.31% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).

References

Socos District Wikipedia