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Tumebamba

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Tumebamba

Tumebamba, Tomebamba (hispanicized spellings) or Tumipampa (Kichwa) was a former city-state in the Inca Empire. Tumebamba was chosen by the Emperor Huayna Capac (ruled 1493-1525) to be the Inca northern capital.The city was largely destroyed during the civil war between Huascar and Atahualpa shortly before the arrival of the Spanish conquistadors in 1532. The Spanish city of Cuenca, Ecuador was built on the site of Tumebamba although a portion of the Inca city is preserved at the archaeological sites of Pumapunku and Todos Santos.

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