Gondal - Gondal (English spelling)

Japanese: ゴンダル - ごんだる(英語表記)Gondar
Gondal - Gondal (English spelling)

A city in northwestern Ethiopia. It is located at an altitude of 2,250 meters on the Ethiopian Plateau. It has a population of 112,249 (1994), 400,555 (2019 estimate). It was the capital of the Gondar dynasty of the Ethiopian Kingdom in the 17th to 19th centuries, and the castle built by King Fasilides in 1632 still remains. In 1954, Ethiopia's first medical school (Public Health University) was opened here. It is a distribution center for agricultural products from the surrounding area, and industries such as leather, metal, and ivory work are carried out. Mount Ras Dashan (4,533 meters) is located in the northeast, and Lake Tana is located in the south. In 1979, Fasil Gebi, the ruins of the Gondar dynasty, and the Gondar region were registered as World Heritage sites (World Cultural Heritage).

[Suwa Kanenori]

[References] | Ethiopian Highlands | Mount Ras Dashan

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

エチオピア北西部の都市。エチオピア高原上の標高2250メートルに位置する。人口11万2249(1994)、40万0555(2019推計)。17~19世紀のエチオピア王国ゴンダル王朝の首都で、ファシリデス王が1632年に築いた城はいまも残っている。1954年エチオピア最初の医学校(公衆衛生大学)がここに開校された。周辺地域の農産物の集散地で、皮革、金属、象牙(ぞうげ)細工などの産業が行われる。北東にラス・ダシャン山(4533メートル)、南にタナ湖がある。1979年、ゴンダル王朝の遺跡のあるファジル・ゲビ、ゴンダル地域が世界遺産の文化遺産(世界文化遺産)に登録されている。

[諏訪兼位]

[参照項目] | エチオピア高原 | ラス・ダシャン山

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