Cienfuegos (English spelling)

Japanese: シエンフエゴス(英語表記)Cienfuegos
Cienfuegos (English spelling)
A city in central-western Cuba. It is a port city facing the sheltered Cienfuegos Bay in the Caribbean Sea, about 230 km southeast of the capital Havana. Columbus visited in 1494, but the Spanish did not settle there until 1738, and in 1745 a fortress was built at the mouth of the bay to protect against pirates. However, the city was actually built by the French in 1819, and was destroyed by a hurricane in 1825, but was rebuilt. It is one of the richest modern cities in Cuba, and as the center of a fertile agricultural region, sugar cane, coffee, tobacco, henequen (a fiber material), rice, fruit, and livestock are collected and distributed, and there are industries such as sugar refining, coffee, tobacco, distilled spirits, and canned fish. The port is one of the main ports in Cuba, and sugar, molasses, etc. are shipped. It is connected to the rest of the country by rail, road, and air. The cityscape, which combines neoclassical and modern architecture, was registered as a World Heritage Site as part of the Historic Urban Centre of Cienfuegos in 2005. Population: 119,300 (estimated 1989).

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Japanese:
キューバ中西部の都市。首都ハバナの南東約 230km,カリブ海の遮蔽されたシエンフエゴス湾に臨む港湾都市。 1494年コロンブスが訪れたが,スペイン人が定住するようになったのは 1738年以降で,1745年には海賊に備えて湾口に要塞が築かれた。しかし実質的には町は 1819年フランス人によって建設され,1825年ハリケーンで破壊されたが,再建。キューバで最も豊かな近代都市の一つで,肥沃な農業地帯の中心地として,サトウキビ,コーヒー,タバコ,ヘネケン (繊維原料) ,米,果実,家畜などの集散が行なわれ,製糖,コーヒー,たばこ,蒸留酒,魚缶詰などの工業がある。港はキューバの主要港の一つで,砂糖,糖蜜などを積み出す。鉄道,道路,空路により国内各地と連絡。新古典主義様式の建築と近代建築様式が融合した町並みは,2005年シエンフエゴスの都市歴史地区として世界遺産の文化遺産に登録された。人口 11万 9300 (1989推計) 。

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