Saharanpur (English spelling)

Japanese: サハーランプル（英語表記）Sahāranpur

A city in northwestern Uttar Pradesh, northern India, about 155 km north of Delhi. Founded around 1340, the city's name comes from the Islamic saint Shah Haran. The surrounding area is a major sugar manufacturing center, with sugarcane cultivation thriving. It is also a timber distribution center, where lumber, woodworking, and papermaking are carried out, and there are railway-related factories. It is home to the National Botanical Garden, the Central Fruit Tree Research Institute, and two colleges of Agra University, and is a strategic location on the railway linking the north bank of the Ganges River with the state of Punjab. Population: 373,904 (1991).

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Japanese:

インド北部，ウッタルプラデーシュ州北西部の都市。デリーの北約 155kmに位置。 1340年頃建設され，地名はイスラム教の聖者シャー・ハランに由来。周辺ではサトウキビ栽培が盛んで製糖の中心。木材の集散地で，製材，木工，製紙も行われ，鉄道関係の工場もある。国立植物園，中央果樹研究所，アーグラ大学のカレッジ2校があり，ガンジス川北岸とパンジャブ州を結ぶ鉄道上の要地。人口 37万 3904 (1991) 。

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