Soras is one of 11
districts
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of the
Sucre Province in the
Ayacucho region
Ayacucho (), known as Huamanga from its creation in 1822 until 1825, is a department and region of Peru, located in the south-central Andes of the country. Its capital is the city of Ayacucho. The region was one of the hardest hit in the 1980 ...
in
Peru
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.
History
Soras district was the location of one of the largest massacres by the
Shining Path
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terrorist group, which took place on 16 July 1982. In total, 117 people were murdered.
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Population
The population of Soras ( 2005 census) is 1,326 people, 639 men and 687 women.[INEI]
Ethnic groups
The people in the district are mainly indigenous
Indigenous may refer to:
*Indigenous peoples
*Indigenous (ecology)
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citizens of Quechua
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*Quechua people, several Indigenous ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru
*Quechuan languages, an Indigenous South American language family spoken primarily in the Andes, derived from a common ancestral language ...
descent. Quechua
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*Quechua people, several Indigenous ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru
*Quechuan languages, an Indigenous South American language family spoken primarily in the Andes, derived from a common ancestral language ...
is the language which the majority of the population (64.39%) learnt to speak in childhood, 35.18% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish
Spanish might refer to:
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**Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many countries in the Americas
**Spanish cuisine
**Spanish history
**Spanish culture
...
language (2007 Peru Census
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INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)
Administrative division
The populated places in the district are:
[
* Soras
* Occoroyocc
* Cascajal
* Ccerincha
* Tranca
* Timpocc
* Chichucancha
* Ccoñani
* Pallqacha
* Putacca
* José Paccari
* Parecca
* Yacutay
* Pukawasi
* Chawpiwasi
* Doce Corral
* Rumisunto
* Quesera
* Hacienda
* Hillacha
* Cceccño
* Taccra Pata
* Allpachaka
* Soytocco
* Humasa
* Uchuy Ccoñanicha
* Yuracc Urccucha
* Ancaypahua
]
See also
* Qarwarasu
References
Districts of the Department of Ayacucho
Districts of the Sucre province
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