[2] While Juan Porcel of the Spanish Army was in charge of the construction of the city's cabildo and church, he was summoned by Viceroy Blasco Núñez Vela to fight against Gonzalo Pizarro's rebellion, later joining him and continuing his expeditions under his brief government.

[1] Jaén was followed by the creation of the settlements of Ávila (later part of the Governorate of Quijos and destroyed during an Indian rebellion on November 29, 1578.

Near the Zamora's basin in the northern part of the area, the short-lived town of Bilbao was founded in 1541, later repopulated by Pedro de Vergara.

[4] From 1549 onwards, the territories were reorganised as encomiendas and distributed among the Spaniards that took control of the area, with the natives numbered at 20,000 people.

[5] The Bourbon Reforms made the governorate, as well as Luya and Zaña, important commercial centres for the cultivation of tobacco that formed a route alongside Lima, Santiago de Chile, and other cities to the south.