Maras (Peru)

Maras
Maras
Coordinates	13 ° 20 ′  S , 72 ° 9 ′  W Coordinates: 13 ° 20 ′  S , 72 ° 9 ′  W
Basic data
Country	Peru
region	Cusco
province	Urubamba
District	Maras
height	3385 m
Residents	1578 (2017)
politics
mayor	Miguel Abal Anchari (2019-2022)
Main square of Maras

Natural salt pans near Maras.

Salt harvest.

Maras is a small town in south-central Peru about 40 km from Cuzco . Maras is the administrative seat of the district of the same name in the province of Urubamba ( Cusco region ). In the 2017 census, 3385 inhabitants were counted. Maras is part of the "Sacred Valley of the Incas " on the River Urubamba .

Worth seeing

In Maras there is a church from the time of Spanish colonialism (summer residence of the viceroy ).

economy

In terraced salt pans, salt is extracted from the successive evaporation of the natural brine in the sun. The transport by truck to the sea near Lima takes 20 hours.

Movie

• Andrea Oster: The salt of the Inca. France, Germany, 2009, 52 min. Documentation of the salt production on site.

literature

• Fred Lange: Salt . Terra magica publishing house, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-7243-1002-0 (illustrated book).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Peru: Cusco - Provinces & Places . www.citypopulation.de. Accessed February 16, 2020.

Web links

Commons : Maras  - collection of images, videos and audio files