Maras

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Maras is a small Andean town in Peru’s Sacred Valley, known for its ancient terraced salt pans that have been harvested since Inca times.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Maras canonical 6
town of Maras 2
Maras District 1

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Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf human settlement
town
climate high-altitude Andean climate
continent South America
country Peru
distanceTo about 40 km northwest of Cusco
elevationAboveSeaLevel about 10800 feet
about 3300 metres
hasHeritage Andean civilization
surface form: Inca cultural heritage
hasNearbyAttraction Moray archaeological site
inception pre-Columbian era
knownFor Inca-era salt production
salt pans
languageUsed Quechua
Spanish
locatedIn Sacred Valley
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Cusco Region
Maras District
Urubamba Province
locatedInValley Urubamba
surface form: Urubamba Valley
locatedNear Urubamba River
partOf Andes
regionType Andean region
surface form: Andean highlands
saltPansInUseSince Andean Late Horizon
surface form: Inca times
saltPansType terraced evaporation ponds
tourismType cultural tourism
rural tourism
touristAttraction Salineras de Maras
surface form: Maras salt pans
traditionalEconomicActivity agriculture
salt extraction

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sacred Valley nearCity Maras
Moray archaeological site locatedIn Maras
this entity surface form: Maras District
Maras salt mines near Maras
this entity surface form: town of Maras
Urubamba locatedNear Maras
Salineras de Maras locatedNear Maras
this entity surface form: town of Maras
Maras District hasCapital Maras
Maras District contains Maras