CANES AND CANCHES, a province of Peru, bounded on the east by the province of Carabaya, on the south-east by that of Lampa, on the south by Cailloma, and on the west by Chumbivileca. It is thirty leagues in length from north to south, and fifteen in breadth; and being on an elevated situation, and containing numerous ridges covered with snow, its climate is cold. Its inhabitants amount to about 18,000.