Kigoma - Kigoma (English spelling)

Japanese: キゴマ - きごま(英語表記)Kigoma
Kigoma - Kigoma (English spelling)

A port city on Lake Tanganyika in the western part of Tanzania in southeastern Africa. Population 120,800 (2002 estimate). It is the terminus of a railway line that was built in 1914 from Dar es Salaam on the Indian Ocean coast. It is also the center of water transportation on Lake Tanganyika, connecting it to Bujumbura in Burundi and Kalemie in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire). It produces cotton, tobacco, rice, and salt.

[Ken Akasaka]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

アフリカ南東部、タンザニアの西部にあるタンガニーカ湖に面する港町。人口12万0800(2002推計)。1914年にインド洋岸ダルエス・サラームから敷設された鉄道の終点である。またタンガニーカ湖の水上交通の中心で、ブルンジのブジュンブラや、コンゴ民主共和国(旧ザイール)のカレミーなどと結ばれている。綿花、タバコ、米、塩を産出する。

[赤阪 賢]

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