CAXATAMBO, a town of North Peru, 120 miles N.N.E of Lima, on the western declivity of the Andes, in 9° 53' S. and lat. 76° 57'W. long. The inhabitants, numbering 6000, are occupied in rearing sheep and cattle, in the cultivation of corn and cochineal and the manufacture of woollen yarn, and in working the silver mines near the town.