Mato District

Mato
District
Location of Mato in the Huaylas province
Country	Peru
Region	Ancash
Province	Huaylas
Founded	January 2, 1857
Capital	Villa Sucre
Subdivisions	1 village, 4 hamlets and 19 anexos
Government
• Mayor	Victor Hilario Jamanca Cueva
Area
• Total	113.97 km2 (44.00 sq mi)
Elevation	2,239 m (7,346 ft)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	021205
Website	munimato.gob.pe

The Mato District (Spanish: Distrito de Mato) is one of 10 districts of the Huaylas Province in the Ancash Region of Peru. The capital of the district is the village of Villa Sucre.

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 (Spanish: Cordillera Negra), neighboring district is the Caraz district 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 (Spanish: pueblos, singular: pueblo), 4 hamlets (Spanish: caseríos, singular: caserío) and 19 (Spanish: anexos, singular: anexo):

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

External links

• (in Spanish) Official web site of the Mato district