CAJAMARCA or CAXAMARCA, a city of northern Peru, capital of a department and province of the same name, 9om. E. by N. of Pacasmayo, its port on the Pacific coast. The popula tion of the city is estimated at 13,000. It is situated in an elevated valley between the central and western Cordilleras, 9,400f t. above sea-level, and on the Eriznejas, a small tributary of the Ma ranon. The streets are wide and cross at right angles ; the houses are generally low and built of clay. Among the notable public buildings are the old parish church built at the expense of Charles II. of Spain, the church of San Antonio, a Franciscan monastery, a nunnery and the remains of the palace of Atahualpa, the Inca ruler whom Pizarro treacherously captured and executed in this place in 1533. The hot sulphur springs of Pultamarca, called the Banos del Inca (Inca's baths), are a short distance east of the city and are still frequented. Cajamarca is an important com mercial and manufacturing town, being the distributing centre for a large inland region and having long-established manufactures of woollen and linen goods, and of metal-work, leather, etc. It is the seat of one of the seven superior courts of the republic, and is connected with the coast by telegraph and telephone. A railway has been undertaken from Pacasmayo, on the coast, to Cajamarca, and has been completed to Chilete, 84m. from the coast.