Tauria District

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Tauria
Country Peru
RegionArequipa
ProvinceLa Unión
FoundedNovember 19, 1954
Capital
Government
 • MayorEfrain Guillermo Sanchez Medina
Area
 • Total314.68 km2 (121.50 sq mi)
Elevation
2,900 m (9,500 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total357
 • Density1.1/km2 (2.9/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO040809

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. ^ (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)


Coordinates: 15°21′09″S 73°14′14″W / 15.3526°S 73.2373°W / -15.3526; -73.2373

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