Maras District
Maras District is one of seven districts of the Urubamba Province in Peru. The town of Maras is the capital of the district.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Moray and Maras Salt Ponds.
Moray
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Moray is an archaeological site in Peru approximately 50 kilometres northwest of Cuzco on a high plateau at about 3,500 metres and just west of the village of Maras. Moray is situated 4 km west of Maras District.
Maras Salt Ponds
Quarry
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The Salt Mines of Maras is one of the largest salt extraction centers of prehispanic origin in Cusco. It is in the Urubamba Province in Cusco in southeast Peru, at an elevation of 3,200 m above sea level. Maras Salt Ponds is situated 4 km north of Maras District.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Maras and Urubamba.
Maras
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Maras is a town in the Sacred Valley of the Incas, 40 kilometers north of Cusco, in the Cusco Region of Peru. The town, in the eponymous district, is well known for its salt evaporation ponds, located towards Urubamba from the town center, which have been in use since Inca times.
Urubamba
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Urubamba is a small town in Peru, located near the Urubamba River under the snow-capped mountain Chicón. It is the capital of the district of the same name.
Maras District
- Type: Locality with 5,950 residents
- Description: district in Cusco, Peru
- Category: district of Peru
- Location: Urubamba Province, Cuzco Department, Peru, South America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Aymara to Spanish—“Maras District” goes by many names.
- Aymara: “Maras jisk’a t’aqa suyu”
- Cebuano: “Maras (distrito)”
- Cebuano: “Maras”
- Chinese: “馬拉斯區”
- Dutch: “Maras District”
- French: “District de Maras”
- Georgian: “მარასის რაიონი”
- German: “Distrikt Maras”
- Italian: “Distretto di Maras”
- Portuguese: “Maras”
- Quechua: “Maras distritu”
- Spanish: “Distrito de Maras”
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