Matucana (Peru)

Matucana is the capital of the province Huarochirí in the Lima region on the western slopes of the Andean Cordillera of Peru.

Location

Matucana lies at an altitude of 2,589 m above sea level at the Rio Rimac, which flows at Callao in the Pacific Ocean. Matucana lies in every 75 kilometers from the city of Lima in a southwesterly direction and the railway junction of La Oroya in the central Andes in the northwest.

- 11.859166666667 - 76.413611111111Koordinaten: 11 ° 52 ' S, 76 ° 25' W

Climate

Climate of Matucana is dry and temperate with daytime highs of 27 ° C in summer and 19 ° C in winter.

Population

The population of Matucana is 5,768 inhabitants.

Others

Matucana is connected by a railway line with Lima, but which is only used for the transport of goods.

In January 1998, after heavy rains parts of Matucana were buried by a devastating mud and debris avalanche, because a mountain lake had burst its banks and spilled out into the valley, so that several hundred people homeless and more than 15 people were killed.

The cactus genus Matucana is named after the village.