LAMBAYEQUE  , a See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department of See also:

• NORTHERN

northern See also:

• PERU
• PERU (apparently from Biru, a small river on the west coast of Colombia, where Pizarro landed)

Peru, bounded N. by See also:

• PIURA

Piura, E. and S. by See also:

• CAJAMARCA, or CAXAMARCA

Cajamarca and See also:

• LIBERTAD, or LA LIBERTAD

Libertad . See also:

• AREA

Area, 4614 sq. m . Pop . (1906 estimate) 93,070 . It belongs to the arid region of the coast, and is settled along the See also:

• RIVER

river valleys where See also:

• IRRIGATION (Lat. in, and rigare, to water or wet)

irrigation is possible . It is one of the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

• SUGAR

sugar-producing departments of Peru, and in some valleys, especially near Ferrenafe, See also:

• RICE (Greek 6p6 a, Latin oryza, French riz, Italian riso, Spanish arroz, derived from the Arabic)
• RICE, EDMUND IGNATIUS (1762-1844)
• RICE, JAMES (1843-1882)

rice is largely produced . Four See also:

• RAILWAYS

railways connect its See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal producing centres with the small ports of Eten and Pimentel, viz.: Eten to Ferrenafe, 27 m.; Eten to Cayalti, 23 m.; Pimentel to Lambayeque, 15 m.; and Chiclayo to Patapo, 15 M . The principal towns are Chiclayo, the departmental See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital, with a See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population (woe, estimate) of 10,500, Ferrenafe 6000, and Lambayeque 4500 .