Cara

The Caranqui, also called Cara, inhabited the northern highlands of present-day Ecuador, including Imbabura and northern Pichincha. Their region contained several lordships, including Caranqui and Cayambe.

The Caranqui and Cayambe rebelled against the Inca Huayna Capac, who captured their center and defeated them by a lake known afterward as Yahuarcocha, the lake of blood. The Spanish conquered the Caranqui in 1534.