Semipalatinsk

Japanese: セミパラチンスク
Semipalatinsk
A city on the east bank of the Irtysh River in Kazakhstan, and the capital of the eponymous region. It is a key railway location and has a river port. It is home to the largest ship repair plant, as well as canned meat, flour milling, and shoe manufacturing industries. Founded in 1718. At the end of the 19th century, it was also a place of exile for political prisoners, but after the revolution in 1930, when the Turkestan-Siberian Railway was opened, it became an important industrial center in the country. It was renamed Semey in the late 1990s. Population: 281,814 (2006). → Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site

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Japanese:
カザフスタン,イルティシ川東岸の都市で,同名州の州都。鉄道の要地で,河港がある。食肉の缶詰,製粉,製靴などの工業が行われるほか,最大の船舶修理工場がある。1718年創設。19世紀末には政治犯流刑地にもなったが,革命後の1930年にトルキスタン・シベリア鉄道が開通してから同国の重要な工業中心地となった。1990年代後半にセメイSemeyと改称。28万1814人(2006)。→セミパラチンスク核実験場

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