Matacoto District

Matacoto District is one of eight districts of the province Yungay in Peru.[1]

Matacoto
District
Country Peru
RegionAncash
ProvinceYungay
FoundedNovember 7, 1955
CapitalMatacoto
Government
 • MayorPedro Hercilio Bejar Colonia
Area
 • Total43.65 km2 (16.85 sq mi)
Elevation
2,500 m (8,200 ft)
Population
 (2017)
 • Total1,343
 • Density31/km2 (80/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO022004

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, 21.10% of the residents started speaking using the 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)


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