Matacoto District

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

Matacoto
District
Country	Peru
Region	Ancash
Province	Yungay
Founded	November 7, 1955
Capital	Matacoto
Government
• Mayor	Pedro Hercilio Bejar Colonia
Area
• Total	43.65 km^2 (16.85 sq mi)
Elevation	2,500 m (8,200 ft)
Population  (2017)
• Total	1,343
• Density	31/km^2 (80/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	022004

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)