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Caithness

a county of Scotland, forming the northernmost part of that country. It has an area of 697 square miles. For the most part it is bare and level and without trees. The sea-coast is indented and has many bays and inlets. The chief products are grain, barley, and vegetables. It has also a considerable fishing industry. The county town is Wick. Pop. about 35,000.

CAJAMARCA (kä-hä-märkä), a department in the N. W. of I Lru, between N. W. of Fru, between the W. chain of the Andes and the Amazon. A railway connects it with the Pacific, and there is a large farming and cattle-raising industry. Area, industry. 12,538 square miles; pop. about 500,000.

The capital is Cajamarca; pop., 10,000.

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