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CAJATAMBO, or CAXATAMBO

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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 961 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CAJATAMBO, or CAXATAMBO , a See also:town and See also:province of the See also:department of See also:Ancachs, See also:Peru, on the western slope of the See also:Andes. Since 1896 the See also:population of the town has been estimated at 6000, but probably it does not exceed 4500. The town is See also:Ito m. N. by E. of See also:Lima, in See also:lat. 9° 53' S.,See also:long. 76° 57' W. The See also:principal See also:industries of the province are the raising of See also:cattle and See also:sheep, and the cultivation of cereals. See also:Cochineal is a product of this region. Near the town there are See also:silver mines, in which a See also:part of its 'population is employed. IV.

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