Corumba (English spelling)

Japanese: コルンバ（英語表記）Corumbá

A city in the northwest of Mato Grosso do Sul state, in the southwest of Brazil. The central settlement is located about 350 km west-northwest of the state capital Campo Grande, on the border with Bolivia, overlooking the Rio de la Plata, a basin of the Paraguay River. It was built as a military base in 1778, and after the Paraguayan War (1864-70) the river was opened as an international trade route, and developed as the terminus of river ships sailing upstream from Buenos Aires and Asuncion. Currently, it is the center of a cattle ranching area, and it distributes beef cattle grazing in the vast floodplain called the Pantanal that stretches along the east bank of the Paraguay River, and industries such as leather and meat are located there. There are also large manganese and iron deposits to the south of the city, and these ores are also distributed here. In addition to water transportation, it is also a key point for land transportation, with a main railway and road that runs from São Paulo to Santa Cruz in Bolivia, and an international airport. Population: 88,279 (1991 estimate).

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Japanese:

ブラジル南西部，マトグロッソドスル州北西部の都市。中心集落は州都カンポグランデの西北西約 350km，ボリビアとの国境にあり，ラプラタ川水系パラグアイ川にのぞむ。 1778年軍事拠点として建設され，パラグアイ戦争 (1864～70) 後同川が国際通商路として開放されてから，ブエノスアイレスやアスンシオンから遡航する河航船の終点となり発展。現在牧牛地帯の中心地で，パラグアイ川東岸一帯に広がるパンタナルと呼ばれる広大な氾濫原で放牧される肉牛を集散し，皮革，食肉などの工業が立地する。また市南方には大規模なマンガン鉱床と鉄鉱床があり，それらの鉱石も集散する。水運のほか，陸上交通の要地でもあり，サンパウロからボリビアのサンタクルスへ通じる幹線鉄道と道路が通り，国際空港もある。人口8万 8279 (1991推計) 。

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