Trujillo
(trö-hēl'yo), (1) a town of Spain, the birthplace and burial place of Pizarro, in Cáceres province, 60 miles N. E. of Badajoz. It is built partly on a granite crag, and manufactures linen, leather, and pottery. Pop. about 12,000. (2) An episcopal city of Peru, capital of the department of Libertad, on a fertile plain near the sea-coast. 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. about 15,000. (3) A port of Honduras, on the N. coast (bananas, hides, mahogany, rubber, and cattle). The town dates from 1524. Pop. about 2,500.