Shabalula

Shabalula, at present-day Sígsig in southern Ecuador, was a major Cañari center. Gualaceo belonged to a Cañari diarchy associated with Shabalula and Hatun Cañar. The Inca conquered the Cañari in the early 16th century; after the Spanish arrived, the Cañari chief Llivicura guided them to Gualaceo, where they established a mining camp in 1534.