Culiacán (English spelling)

Japanese: クリアカン（英語表記）Culiacán

Its official name is Culiacán Rosales. It is the capital of the state of Sinaloa in western Mexico. It is located about 650 km northwest of Guadalajara, on the coastal plain at the western foot of the Madre Mountains Occidental, overlooking the Culiacán River. It is an old town founded in 1531, and played an important role as a base for Spanish expeditions in the early colonial period. It is now the commercial and industrial center of an irrigated agricultural region, distributing and processing corn, sugar cane, tobacco, fruits, and vegetables. It is the location of the Autonomous University of Sinaloa (1941). It is connected by a major road and railway from the border town of Nogales to Mexico City. Population: 602,114 (1990 estimate).

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Japanese:

正式名称はクリアカンロサレス Culiacán Rosales。メキシコ西部，シナロア州の州都。グアダラハラの北西約 650km，西マドレ山脈西麓の海岸平野にあり，クリアカン川にのぞむ。 1531年建設の古い町で，植民地時代初期にはスペイン遠征隊の基地として重要な役割を果した。現在は灌漑農業地帯の商工業中心地で，トウモロコシ，サトウキビ，タバコ，果実，野菜などを集散，加工する。シナロア自治大学 (1941) 所在地。アメリカ合衆国との国境の町ノガレスからメキシコ市へ通じる幹線道路，鉄道が通る。人口 60万 2114 (1990推計) 。

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