Mara District is one of the six districts of the Cotabambas Province in Peru.
One of the highest peaks of the district is Kuntur Kunka at approximately . Other mountains are listed below:
The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (94.45%) learnt to speak in childhood, 5.24% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).