Xuan Loc (English spelling)

Japanese: スアンロク（英語表記）Xuan Loc

A city in southern Vietnam. Located 75km east of Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon), at the junction of the Mekong Delta plain and the southern Vietnamese plateau, at an altitude of 220m. It is at the western foot of Mount Chua Trang (830m) and is a key transportation location with a railway and national highway passing through it. This area appears to have been inhabited by humans since ancient times, and dolmens (megalithic tombs) have been discovered there. In modern times, it was opened up as Vietnamese territory by the Nguyen Clan, who migrated south in the early 17th century. [Bessagi Atsuhiko]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

ベトナム南部の都市。ホー･チ･ミン市(旧，サイゴン)の東75km，メコン･デルタの平野と南部ベトナム高原との接点に位置し，標高220m。チュアチャン山(830m)の西麓にあり，鉄道･国道が通過する交通の要地。この辺は古くから人類の居住地となったらしく，ドルメン(巨石墳)が発見されている。近代には17世紀初頭に南下してきたグエン(阮)氏によりベトナムの領土として開かれた。【別技篤彦】

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