Aaioun (English spelling)

Japanese: アイウン - あいうん(英語表記)Aaioun
Aaioun (English spelling)

The capital of Western Sahara (formerly Spanish Sahara) in northern Africa. It is also called El Aioun. Population 93,875 (1982). It is an oasis city on the Atlantic coast near the northern border with Morocco, facing the Canary Islands. It was a fishing base, but in 1963, a phosphate mine 100 km inland at Bukra, one of the world's largest in quality and reserves, was developed and it became an ore shipping port. Minerals are transported from Bukra to the port by conveyor belt, and the port has facilities that allow 100,000-ton ore carriers to dock alongside for loading and unloading.

[Hiroshi Fujii]

[References] | Western Sahara

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

アフリカ北部、西サハラ(旧スペイン領サハラ)の首都。エル・アイウンEl Aiounともいう。人口9万3875(1982)。同国北部モロッコ国境に近い大西洋岸にあるオアシス都市で、カナリア諸島と対している。漁業基地であったが、1963年100キロメートル内陸のブクラに世界有数の質と埋蔵量をもつ燐(りん)鉱石鉱山が開発され、鉱石積出し港となった。ブクラから港まではベルトコンベヤで運搬し、港には10万トン級鉱石運搬船が横づけ荷役できる設備をもつ。

[藤井宏志]

[参照項目] | 西サハラ

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