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

Matacoto
District
Country	Peru
Region	Ancash
Province	Yungay
Founded	November 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
• Density	31/km2 (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]

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