Kinta Valley

Japanese: キンタ盆地 - キンタぼんち（英語表記）Kinta Valley

Located in the northwest of the Malaysian peninsula, between the Kledang and Titiwangsa mountain ranges, this is a long, narrow basin that runs north to south along the Kinta River. It is the country's largest producer of tin ore, and its central city is Ipoh. Tin ore is extracted by open-cut mining in the granite alluvial soil. In the second half of the 19th century, the Chinese began full-scale mining. Today, large-scale production is carried out by European companies, who use dredge mining, while the Chinese use the pumping method. In either case, production costs are low. [Ota Isamu]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

マレーシアの半島部北西，クレダン，ティティワンサ両山脈にはさまれ，キンタ川に沿う南北に細長い盆地。国内最大のスズ鉱産地。中心都市イポー。スズ鉱は花コウ岩質の沖積地を露天掘りして採掘する。19世紀後半から中国人が本格的な採掘を始めた。今日，大規模な生産を行うのはヨーロッパ系企業で，ドレッジ式採鉱を行い，華人はポンプ方式をとっている。いずれも生産費は安い。【太田勇】

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