Cajabamba is a location in the Chimborazo Province, Ecuador. It is the seat of the Colta Canton. The village of Cajabamba is situated in a fe…Cajabamba is a location in the Chimborazo Province, Ecuador. It is the seat of the Colta Canton. The village of Cajabamba is situated in a fertile arable valley in Colta Canton, Chimborazo Province. It is unknown when the valley was first inhabited but it is known to have been settled in pre-Incan times as the city of Liribamba, the capital of the ancient Puruhá people. As the Incan empire expanded, the region became an area of conquest and was fully under the control of the Inca by the time of Wayna Qhapaq. After the capture and subsequent murder of his son and successor Atahualpa in Cajamarca, resistance to the conquista centered on the Incan general Rumiñawi, who withdrew his troops to the region. After a drawn-out series of engagements with the conquistadors, who allied with the Cañari, Rumiñawi, faced with the prospect of near-certain defeat, ordered the city of Liribamba burned and the treasures of the Incas hidden or destroyed.
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