Soras is one of 11
districts of the
Sucre Province
Sucre Province is a Provinces of Peru, province in the eastern part of the Ayacucho Region in Peru.
Geography
One of the highest mountains of the province is Qarwarasu (Ayacucho), Qarwarasu at . Other mountains are listed below:
Political ...
in the
Ayacucho region
Ayacucho () 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 1980s during the guerrilla war waged by Shining Path known as ...
in
Peru
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History
Soras district was the location of one of the largest massacres by the
Shining Path
The Shining Path ( es, Sendero Luminoso), officially the Communist Party of Peru (, abbr. PCP), is a communist guerrilla group in Peru following Marxism–Leninism–Maoism and Gonzalo Thought. Academics often refer to the group as the Commun ...
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), presence in a region as the result of only natural processes, with no human intervention
*Indigenous (band), an American blues-rock band
*Indigenous (horse), a Hong Kong racehorse ...
citizens of Quechua
Quechua may refer to:
*Quechua people, several indigenous ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru
*Quechuan languages, a Native South American language family spoken primarily in the Andes, derived from a common ancestral language
**So ...
descent. Quechua
Quechua may refer to:
*Quechua people, several indigenous ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru
*Quechuan languages, a Native South American language family spoken primarily in the Andes, derived from a common ancestral language
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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:
* Items from or related to Spain:
**Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries
**Spanish cuisine
Other places
* Spanish, Ontario, Can ...
language ( 2007 Peru Census).inei.gob.pe
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
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