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PAITA, or PAYTA , a seaport of northern Peru, chief
coast
call
capital , Piura, with which it is connected by a railway 6o m. long. It is also the Pacific terminus of the railway across the Andes to Puerto Limon, on the Maranon, or upper Amazon. Paita faces on the bay of Paita, and is sheltered from southerly winds by a headland called Punta Paita and by a large hill called the Silla de Paita. The watersupply is brought from the river Chira (17 m. distant). The exports include cotton
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