Kalmar Strait - Kalmar

…An island in the Baltic Sea, southeast of Sweden, separated from the mainland by the Kalmar Strait. It is 135 km long, 16 km wide at its widest point, and has an area of ​​1,344 km2. Its highest point is 57 m. It has a population of about 20,000, and is mainly engaged in agriculture, cultivating grains, sugar beets, onions, etc., and has a sugar factory. The largest town is Borgholm (population about 7,000), which is connected to the mainland by a 6 km bridge and is also famous as a tourist destination. It contains a lot of limestone, which is used as building material. Kalmar on the mainland is famous as the place where the Treaty of Unification of Scandinavia was signed in the Middle Ages. …

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…スウェーデン南東，バルト海中の島で，カルマルKalmar海峡により本土と分離される。長さ135km，最大幅16kmで，面積1344km2。最高点は57m。住民は約2万人で，おもに農業に従事し，穀類，テンサイ，玉ネギなどを耕作し，砂糖工場がある。最大の町はボルグホルムBorgholm(人口約7000)で，本土とは6kmの橋で結ばれ，観光地としても有名である。石灰岩が多く土建用石材として用いられる。本土側のカルマルは，中世の北欧統合条約締結の地として有名である。…

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