Trujillo

Trujillo, (1) a town of Spain, the birthplace of Pizarro, is in Cáceres province, 60 miles NE. of Badajoz. It is built partly on a granite crag, and manufactures linen, leather, and pottery. Pop. (1887) 10,773.—(2) An episcopal city of Peru, capital of the dept. of Libertad, on a fertile plain near the seacoast. It was founded by Pizarro in 1535, has walls that were raised in 1686 to keep out the filibusters, and contains a college, a theological seminary, and high school. Its ports are Huanchaco and Salaverry. Pop. 7500.—(3) A port of Honduras, on the north coast, with 4000 inhabitants and an export trade of over $600,000 (bananas, hides, mahogany, rubber, and cattle). The town dates from 1524.