Quito

Quito was the homeland of the Quitu, an indigenous people who settled in the valleys around the Pichincha volcanoes in present-day Ecuador. They traded with the Yumbo to the northwest, acquiring prized Spondylus shells from the Pacific coast.

Around 1470 Topa Inca Yupanqui conquered the Quitu. They later joined the Cayambi and Caranqui in a revolt against Huayna Capac, which the Inca suppressed. The Spanish conquered Quito in 1534.