a district of Peru in the partido of Cuzco. Its length is 26 leagues from east to west, its breadth 14. It contains several towns, of which the chief is Abancay. The surface is varied; the plains produce very rich crops of sugar cane, and the principal cereals, as well as much hemp, which is manufactured into cloth in the chief town, where also there are excellent sugar refineries. The mountains afford some silver, and pasturage for large herds of cattle. The town of Abancay is 65 miles from Cuzco, and has one of the finest bridges in Peru.