Olympia (English spelling)

Japanese: オリンピア（英語表記）Olympia

The capital of Washington State in the northwestern United States. It is located in the western part of the state, facing a bay at the innermost part of the Puget Sound, about 70 km southwest of Seattle. The town was founded in 1851. It is blessed with beautiful natural scenery, with Mount Olympus (2,428 m) and the Olympic Mountains to the northwest, Mount Rainier (4,392 m) towering with snow caps almost to the east, Budd Inlet to the north, and a series of green hills surrounding the city. It is a shipping port for various forest products such as lumber and plywood, ores, aluminum and steel products, etc. Oysters are also cultivated. The location of the Olympic National Forest Management Office. Population 33,840 (1990).

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Japanese:

アメリカ合衆国北西部，ワシントン州の州都。同州の西部，ピュージェット海峡の最奥部の一支湾に面し，シアトルの南西約 70kmに位置する。町の起源は 1851年。北西にオリンパス山 (2428m) をはじめ，オリンピック山脈の山々，ほぼ東方にレーニア山 (4392m) が雪をいただいてそびえ，北方にはバッド入江が開け，市の周辺には緑の丘が連なり，美しい自然景観に恵まれる。木材や合板など各種林産物，鉱石類，アルミニウムや鉄鋼製品などの積出港。カキの養殖も行われる。オリンピック国有林管理事務所の所在地。人口3万 3840 (1990) 。