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Originally appearing in Volume V14, Page 216 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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IBARRA , a See also:

city of See also:Ecuador and See also:capital of the See also:province of Imbabura, about 5o m. N.N.E. of See also:Quito, on a small fertile See also:plain at the See also:northern See also:foot of Imbabura See also:volcano, 7300 ft. above See also:sea-level. Pop. (1900, estimate) 5000. It stands on the See also:left See also:bank of the Tahuando, a small stream whose See also:waters flow See also:north and See also:west to the Pacific through the Mira, and is separated from the higher See also:plateau of Quito by an elevated transverse See also:ridge of which the Imbabura and Mojanda volcanoes See also:form a See also:part. The surrounding See also:country is mountainous, the valleys being very fertile. Ibarra itself has a mild, humid See also:climate, and is set in the midst of orchards and gardens. It is the see,of a See also:bishop and has a large number of churches and convents, and many substantial residences. Ibarra has manufactures of See also:cotton and woollen fabrics, hats, sandals (alpargates), sacks and rope from cabulla fibre, laces, See also:sugar and various kinds of distilled See also:spirits and cordials made from the sugar-See also:cane grown in the vicinity. Mules are bred for the Colombian markets of See also:Pasto and See also:Popayan. Ibarra was founded in 1597 by Alvaro de Ibarra, the See also:president of Quito. It has suffered from the eruptions of Imbabura, and more severely from earthquakes, that of 18J9 causing See also:great damage to its public buildings, and the greater one of the 16th of See also:August 1868 almost completely destroyed the See also:town and killed a large number of its inhabitants.

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village of Carranqui, 1',- m. from Ibarra, is the birthplace of Atahualpa, the Inca See also:sovereign executed by See also:Pizarro, and See also:close by is the small See also:lake called Yaguarcocha where the See also:army of Huaynacapac, the See also:father of Atahualpa, inflicted a bloody defeat on the Carranquis. Another aboriginal See also:battle-See also:field is that of Hatuntaqui, near Ibarra, where Huaynacapac won a decisive victory and added the greater part of Ecuador to his See also:realm. The whole region is full of tans, or See also:Indian See also:burial mounds.

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