Socos District
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Socos
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| native_name_lang = es
| settlement_type = District
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| map_caption = Location of Socos in the Huamanga Province
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|Peru}}
| subdivision_type1 = Region
| subdivision_name1 = Ayacucho
| subdivision_type2 = Province
| subdivision_name2 = Huamanga
| parts_type = Subdivisions
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| established_title = Founded
| established_date = June 14, 1968
| seat_type = Capital
| seat = Socos
| leader_party =
| leader_title = Mayor
| leader_name = Edgar Cristan Meneses
| unit_pref = Metric
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| area_total_km2 = 81.75
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| elevation_m = 3400
| population_footnotes =
| population_total = 7454
| population_as_of = 2005 census
| population_density_km2 = auto
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| timezone1 = PET
| utc_offset1 = -5
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Socos District is one of fifteen districts of the province Huamanga in Peru.{{in lang|es}} Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. [http://desa.inei.gob.pe/mapas/bid/ Banco de Información Distrital] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080423164200/http://desa.inei.gob.pe/mapas/bid/ |date=2008-04-23 }}. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
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).[http://iinei.inei.gob.pe/iinei/RedatamCpv2007.asp?id=ResultadosCensales?ori=C inei.gob.pe] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127005551/http://iinei.inei.gob.pe/iinei/RedatamCpv2007.asp?id=ResultadosCensales%3Fori%3DC |date=2013-01-27 }} INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)
References
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{{Districts of Huamanga Province}}
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Category:Districts of the Department of Ayacucho
Category:Districts of the Huamanga province
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