Amazonas - Amazonas (English spelling)

Japanese: アマゾナス - あまぞなす(英語表記)Amazonas
Amazonas - Amazonas (English spelling)

A state in northern Brazil. It is the country's largest state, and is a typical underdeveloped region bordering Peru and Bolivia to the west and Venezuela to the north. It has an area of ​​1,577,820.2 square kilometers (1996) and a population of 2,812,557 (2000). The state capital is Manaus. Most of the state is covered by tropical rainforest, and the population density is extremely sparse at 1.8 people per square kilometer. Many people live along rivers, and some indigenous people are not registered in the national census. In the early 20th century, the state prospered through wild rubber harvesting, but most of the residents make a living by hunting, fishing, and primitive agriculture. The main products are wood for furniture, wild rubber, nuts, vanilla, and other harvested materials. Industrial development plans are underway in Manaus.

[Shozo Yamamoto]

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Japanese:

ブラジル北部の州。同国最大の州で、西はペルー、ボリビア、北はベネズエラに接する典型的な低開発地域である。面積157万7820.2平方キロメートル(1996)、人口281万2557(2000)。州都はマナウス。大部分は熱帯雨林に覆われ、人口密度は1平方キロメートル当り1.8人ときわめて希薄である。河川沿いに居住する人々が多く、国勢調査に登録されていない先住民もいる。20世紀初頭には野生ゴム採取で栄えたが、住民の多くは狩猟、漁労や原始的な農業で生活している。主産物は家具用木材、野生ゴム、ナッツ類、バニラなどの採集物である。マナウスで工業開発計画が進められている。

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