Zaria (English spelling)

Japanese: ザリア（英語表記）Zaria

A city in north-central Nigeria, located about 75 km north-northeast of Kaduna. Founded in the 16th century as the capital of a Hausa kingdom. The old city is surrounded by a 24 km wall and is inhabited by the Hausa and Fulani peoples, while outside of that is the new city built by the British during the colonial period. A junction of railways and roads, it is the center of the distribution and processing of cotton, groundnuts, tobacco, millet, guinea corn, leather, etc. In addition to traditional industries such as cotton ginning, leather tanning, cotton weaving, and dyeing, there are factories for railway repair, tobacco, and automobile assembly. There are also many educational and cultural facilities. Population: 334,700 (1991 estimate).

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Japanese:

ナイジェリア中北部の都市。カドゥナ北北東約 75kmに位置。 16世紀にハウサ族の一王国の首都として建設。旧市街は周囲 24kmの城壁に囲まれ，ハウサ族とフラニ族が居住，その外側に植民地時代にイギリス人が建設した新市街がある。鉄道，道路の分岐点で，綿花，ナンキンマメ，タバコ，ミレット，ギニアコーン，皮革などの集散，加工の中心地。綿繰り，皮なめし，綿織物，染色などの伝統工業のほか，鉄道修理，たばこ，自動車組立てなどの工場がある。教育・文化施設も充実。人口 33万 4700 (1991推計) 。

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