ICA (YCA, or ECCA)

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ICA (YCA, or ECCA) , a city of southern Peru and the

capital

CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

of a department of the same name, 170 M. S.S.E. of

Lima

LIMA

, and 46 m. by rail S.E. of Pisco; its port on the Pacific

coast

COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

. Pop. (1906, official estimate) 6000. It lies in a valley of the foothills of the Cordillera Occidental, which is watered by the Rio de Ica, is made highly fertile by irrigation, and is filled with vine-yards and

cotton

COTTON
COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)
COTTON, CHARLES (163o–1687)
COTTON, GEORGE
EDWARD
- EDWARD
LYNCH
- LYNCH, PATRICIO (1825–1886)
(1813–1866)
COTTON, JOHN (1585–1652)
COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

fields; between this valley and the

coast

COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

is a desert. The

original

ORIGINAL

town was founded in 1563, 4 M. E. of its present site, but it was destroyed by the earthquake of 1571, and again by that of 1664, after which the present town was laid out near the ruins. In 1882 a Chilean marauding expedition inflicted

great

GREAT

damage to private property in the town and vicinity. These repeated disasters give the place a partially ruined

appearance

APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

, but it has considerable commercial and industrial prosperity. It has' a large

cotton

COTTON
COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)
COTTON, CHARLES (163o–1687)
EDWARD
- EDWARD
_
LYNCH
- LYNCH, PATRICIO (1825–1886)
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COTTON, JOHN (1585–1652)
COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

factory and there are some smaller

industries

INDUSTRIES

. Wine-making is one of the principal

industries

INDUSTRIES

of the valley, and much brandy, called pisco, is exported from Pisco. A new industry is that of drying the fruits for which this region is celebrated. Ica is the seat of a national college.
The department of ICA lies between the Western Cordillera and the Pacific coast, and extends from the department of

Lima

LIMA

S.E. to that of Arequipa. Pop. (1906, official estimate) 68,220; area 8721 sq. m. Ica is in the rainless region of Peru, and the greater part of its surface is barren. It is crossed by the rivers Pisco, Ica and Grande, whose tributaries drain the western slope of the Cordillera, and whose valleys are fertile and highly cultivated. The valley of the Nasca, a tributary of the Grande, is celebrated for an extensive irrigating system constructed by the natives before the discovery of America. The principal products of the department are cotton, grapes, wine, spirits, sugar and fruit. These are two good ports on the northern coast, Tambo de Mora and Pisco, the latter being connected with the

capital

CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

by a railway across the desert, 46 m. long.

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