The Mato District ( es, Distrito de Mato) is one of 10 districts of the
Huaylas Province in the
Ancash Region
Ancash ( qu, Anqash; es, Áncash ) is a department and region in northern Peru. It is bordered by the departments of La Libertad on the north, Huánuco and Pasco on the east, Lima on the south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. Its capital i ...
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Peru
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. The capital of the district is the village of
Villa Sucre.
Official web site of the Mato District in the Huaylas province
History
The district was founded on January 2, 1857.
Location
The district is located in the west-central part of the province at an elevation of 2,239m in the black mountains ( es, Cordillera Negra), neighboring district is the Caraz district
The Caraz District ( es, Distrito de Caraz) is one of 10 districts of the Huaylas Province in the Ancash Region of Peru. The capital of the district is Caraz. Its elevation is 2,285 m. In Caraz, the paved road comes from Pativilca.
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in which the provinces capital Caraz is located, 12 km from the village of Villa Sucre. The regions capital Huaraz is located at 79 km from Villa Sucre.
Political division
The district is divided into 1 village
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( es, pueblos, singular: ), 4 hamlets ( es, caseríos, singular: ) and 19 ( es, anexos, singular: ):
Villages
*Villa Sucre
Hamlets
*Ancoracá
*Huacanhuasi
*Huáncup
*Huinó
Anexos
*Atún Corral
*Carmen
*Cata
*Cochamarca
*Cruz Viva
*Huacapununan
*Huashuash
*Huarinya
*Hueto
*Huishca
*Malambo
*Manzana
*Muchup
*Ocona pampa alto y bajo
*Poma chuco alto y bajo
*Puca
*Quinquín
*San Diego
*Teja Huai
Capital
The capital of the Mato district is the village of Villa Sucre.
See also
* Puka Punta
References
External links
*
Official web site of the Mato district
Districts of the Huaylas Province
Districts of the Ancash Region
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