Toraya District
Toraya District is one of the seventeen districts of the Aymaraes Province in Peru.
Geography
One of the highest peaks of the district is P'unquchayuq at approximately 4,400 m (14,400 ft). Other mountains are listed below:
- Anta Urqu
- Aqchipa Wachana
- Aymara
- Chuqu Waraka
- Kuntur Wachana
- Kunturillu
- Lliwa Urqu
- Minayuq
- Puka T'uruyuq
- Puma Ranra
- Qucha Llink'i
- Quchayuq
- Titiyuq
- Uqhu Rumi
Ethnic groups
The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (82.55%) learnt to speak in childhood, 16.96% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).
References
- ^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Digital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 7, 2008.
- ^ escale.minedu.gob.pe/ UGEL map Aymaraes Province (Apurímac Region)
- ^ 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)
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