Kano (English spelling)

Japanese: カノ - かの(英語表記)Kano
Kano (English spelling)

The capital of Kano State in northern Nigeria, West Africa. Population 657,300 (1995). Located on the border between the desert and the grasslands, it developed as an important trading center for trans-Saharan trade. The British invaded in 1903, and a railway line was opened from Lagos in 1912, after which it became a center for groundnuts. The city is divided into the old town surrounded by a wall and the new town outside the wall. The old town contains the emir's (feudal lord's) palace, a mosque, and an old market, while the new town contains Sabon Gari, where immigrants from other regions live, a foreign residential area, and a commercial and industrial district. It is the most industrialized of all the inland cities in West Africa, and the industrial sites on the outskirts contain factories for food processing, spinning, metal processing, leather, and other industries. It has the second largest international airport in Nigeria after Lagos, and there are direct flights to Europe. Every year during the pilgrimage season, a camp village for pilgrims is built near the airport, and many people head to the holy city of Mecca from here. It is home to Ado Bayero University, which focuses on education and Arabic language studies. In the 1970s, due to drought and political unrest, the number of people migrating from abroad to Kano increased sharply, causing political problems. In 1980, some radical Muslims who had immigrated from neighboring countries Niger and Chad rioted, leaving over 1,000 people dead. There is also conflict between the Emir and modern politicians.

[Shuhei Shimada]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

西アフリカ、ナイジェリア北部のカノ州の州都。人口65万7300(1995)。砂漠と草原の境界に位置し、サハラ越え交易の重要な交易拠点として発展した。1903年イギリスが侵入、12年にはラゴスから鉄道が開通し、その後ラッカセイの集積地となった。町は、城壁に囲まれた旧市街と、城壁の外側にある新市街とに分けられる。旧市街には、エミール(藩主)の宮殿、モスク、古い市場があり、新市街には、他地域からの移住者が住むサボン・ガリや、外国人居住区、商工業地区がある。西アフリカの内陸都市のなかではもっとも工業化が進んでおり、郊外の工業用地には、食品加工、紡績、金属加工、皮革などの工場がある。ラゴスに次ぐナイジェリア第二の国際空港があり、ヨーロッパ直行便もある。毎年巡礼の季節になると、この空港近くに巡礼者用のキャンプ村ができ、多くの人がここから聖地メッカへ向かう。教育学とアラビア語研究に力を入れているアド・バイェロ大学がある。1970年代に入り、干魃(かんばつ)や政治的混乱のため、外国から流入してカノの町に住み着く人が急増し、政治問題を引き起こしている。80年には、隣国ニジェール、チャドから流入してきた一部の急進的イスラム教徒たちが暴動を起こし、1000人以上が死亡するという事件が起きた。また、エミールと、現代政治家たちとの対立もみられる。

[島田周平]

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