Matacoto District
Matacoto District is one of eight districts of the Yungay Province in Peru. Matacoto District has an elevation of 2,719 metres.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Yungay and Ranrahirca.
Yungay
Town
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Yungay, also known as Yungay Nuevo, is a town in the Ancash Region in north central Peru, South America. Yungay is situated 4½ km north of Matacoto District.
Ranrahirca
Village
The 1962 Ranrahirca Landslide was a deadly debris avalanche that affected the Ranrahirca District, alongside the river Santa, near Huascarán, the highest mountain in Peru. Ranrahirca is situated 4 km east of Matacoto District.
Matacoto District
- Type: Locality with 1,340 residents
- Description: district in Ancash, Peru
- Category: district of Peru
- Location: Yungay Province, Ancash, Peru, South America
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In Other Languages
From Aymara to Uzbek—“Matacoto District” goes by many names.
- Aymara: “Mataqutu jisk’a t’aqa suyu”
- Cebuano: “Matacoto”
- Chinese: “馬塔科托區”
- Chinese: “马塔科托区”
- Dutch: “Matacoto District”
- Georgian: “მატაკოტოს რაიონი”
- German: “Distrikt Matacoto”
- Italian: “Distretto di Matacoto”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Matacoto”
- Norwegian: “Matacoto”
- Portuguese: “Matacoto”
- Quechua: “Matacoto distritu”
- Quechua: “Mataqutu distritu”
- Spanish: “Distrito de Matacoto”
- Uzbek: “Matacoto tumani”
Localities in the Area
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