CAXAMARCA, the capital of the above province, stands upon a level plain, and is of an irregular figure. It was at one time a royal city; and here Atahuapa, the last Inca of Peru, was put to death by the Spaniards. The population amounts to about 12,000. Long. 78. 35. W. Lat. 7. 3. S.
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