Matacoto District

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Matacoto
District
Matacoto District
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Ancash
Province Yungay
FoundedNovember 7, 1955
Capital Matacoto
Area
 • Total
43.65 km2 (16.85 sq mi)
Elevation
2,500 m (8,200 ft)
Population
 (2017)
 • Total
1,343
 • Density31/km2 (80/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 022004

Matacoto District is one of eight districts of the Yungay Province 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 (78.33%) learnt to speak in childhood, with 21.10% of the residents speaking Spanish language (2007 Peru Census). [2]

References

  1. ↑ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-17 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 apredió hablar (in Spanish)

9°10′42″S77°44′57″W / 9.17833°S 77.74917°W / -9.17833; -77.74917


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