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PAITA, or PAYTA

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Originally appearing in Volume V20, Page 521 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PAITA, or PAYTA , a seaport of See also:northern See also:Peru, See also:chief See also:town of the See also:province of Paita in the See also:department of See also:Piura. Pop. (1906 estimate), 3800. The town has one of the best natural harbours of the Peruvian See also:coast, is a See also:port of See also:call for the See also:regular See also:mail steamers between See also:Valparaiso and See also:Panama, and is the port of the departmental See also:capital, Piura, with which it is connected by a railway 6o m. See also:long. It is also the Pacific See also:terminus of the railway across the See also:Andes to Puerto See also:Limon, on the Maranon, or upper See also:Amazon. Paita faces on the See also:bay of Paita, and is sheltered from southerly winds by a headland called Punta Paita and by a large See also:hill called the Silla de Paita. The See also:water See also:supply is brought from the See also:river Chira (17 m. distant). The exports include See also:cotton, See also:tobacco, See also:petroleum, See also:cattle, hides and See also:straw hats. Paita See also:dates from the See also:early years of the See also:Spanish See also:Conquest, and was a prosperous port in colonial times. It was nearly destroyed by See also:Lord See also:Anson's See also:fleet in 1741.

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