Group
Cañari
The Cañari (in Kichwa: Kañari) are an indigenous ethnic group traditionally inhabiting the territory of the modern provinces of Azuay and Cañar in Ecuador.
They are descended from the independent pre-Columbian tribal confederation of the same name.
The historic people are particularly noted for their resistance against the Inca Empire.
Eventually conquered by the Inca in the early sixteenth century shortly before the arrival of the Spanish, the Cañari later ally with the Spanish against the Inca.
Today, the population of the Cañari, who include many mestizos, numbers in the thousands.
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- Tumbes Tumbes Peru Location
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