Curitiba (English spelling)

Japanese: クリティバ(英語表記)Curitiba
Curitiba (English spelling)
The capital of the state of Paraná in southern Brazil. It is located about 320 km southwest of São Paulo, in the plateau of the Sierra de Mar mountain range, at an altitude of about 900 m. It was founded in 1654 as a mining center for gold ores, but the gold mine itself was poor. After it became the state capital in 1854, many Italians, Germans, and Poles settled there, and in the 20th century, Syrians and Japanese immigrants also came in large numbers, and the population gradually increased, and the economy developed rapidly after 1940. It is now a modern city with industries such as paper, furniture, textiles, automobiles, cement, matches, tobacco, metals, and pharmaceuticals, and is also active in the distribution and processing of mate tea (Paraguayan tea), lumber, and beef cattle. The city has a civic center consisting of a group of magnificent buildings, a cathedral (1894) modeled after Barcelona Cathedral in Spain, the Federal University of Paraná (1912), and the Catholic University of Paraná (59). It is connected to São Paulo by highways and rail, and also to the Atlantic coast ports of Paranaguá and Antonina. Population: 1,291,142 (1991 estimate).

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Japanese:
ブラジル南部,パラナ州の州都。サンパウロの南西約 320km,マル山脈中の高原地帯にあり,標高約 900m。 1654年金鉱の採掘中心地として建設されたが,金鉱自体は貧弱なものであった。 1854年州都となったのち,イタリア人,ドイツ人,ポーランド人が多数入植,20世紀に入ってからはさらにシリア人,日本人の移住者が多くなり,人口が次第に増加し,1940年以降経済が急速に発展した。現在,製紙,家具,織物,自動車,セメント,マッチ,たばこ,金属,薬品などの工業が立地する近代的な都市で,マテ茶 (パラグアイ茶) ,木材,肉牛などの集散,加工も盛ん。市内には一群の壮大な建物から成る市民センターやスペインのバルセロナ大聖堂を模した大聖堂 (1894) ,パラナ連邦大学 (1912) ,パラナ・カトリカ大学 (59) などがある。サンパウロと幹線道路,鉄道で結ばれ,大西洋岸の港パラナグア,アントニナへ鉄道が通じる。人口 129万 142 (1991推計) 。

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