Kuala Lumpur (English spelling)

Japanese: クアラ･ルンプル（英語表記）Kuala Lumpur

The capital of Malaysia. It is located in the mid-west of the Malay Peninsula, about 30 km inland from the coast. It was also the capital of Selangor state until it became a federal territory in 1974 (currently Shah Alam in the western suburbs is the capital). The city has an area of 243 km2. Nearly half of the population of 1,145,000 (1991) is Chinese, with a particularly large proportion of Cantonese. Together with the surrounding cities it forms the country's largest metropolitan area. In recent years, the influx of Malays has been increasing. The town was founded in the 1850s when Chinese immigrants established a settlement at the confluence of the Klang and Gombak rivers as a base for tin mining development, and Kuala Lumpur means "the confluence of muddy rivers."

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

マレーシアの首都。マレー半島中西部，海岸より約30kmの内陸にある。1974年に連邦直轄地となるまでスランゴール州の州都でもあった(現在は西郊のシャー･アラムShah Alamが州都)。市域面積243km2。人口114万5000(1991)のほぼ半数が華人で，とくに広東系が多い。周辺諸都市をあわせて国内最大の都市圏を形成する。近年マレー人の流入が増えている。　スズ鉱山開発の拠点として，1850年代に中国からの移民がクラン川とゴンバク川の合流点に集落をつくったのが町の起りで，クアラ･ルンプルとは〈泥川の交わる所〉の意である。

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