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See also:CAJAMARCA, or CAXAMARCA
, a See also:city of See also:northern See also:Peru, See also:capital of a See also:department and See also:province of the same name, go m
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E. by N. of Pacasmayo, its See also:port on the Pacific See also:coast
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Pop
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(1906, estimate) of the department, 333,310; of the city, 9000
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The city is situated in an elevated valley between the Central and Western Cordilleras, 9400 ft. above See also:sea level, and on the Eriznejas, a small tributary of the Maranon
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The streets are wide and See also:cross at right angles; the houses are generally See also:low and built of See also:clay
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Among the notable public buildings are the old See also:parish See also: Its See also:area according to See also:official returns is 12,542 sq. m . The upper Maranon traverses the department from S. to N . The department is an elevated region, well watered with a large number of small streams whose See also:waters eventually find their way through the See also:Amazon into the See also:Atlantic . Many of its productions are of the temperate See also:zone, and considerable See also:attention is given to See also:cattle-raising . See also:Coal is found in the province of Hualgayoc at the See also:southern extremity of the department, which is also one of the See also:rich See also:silver-See also:mining districts of Peru . Next to its capital the most important town of the department is Cajamarquilla, whose See also:population was about 6000 in 1906 . |
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