Xochimilco (English spelling)

Japanese: ソチミルコ（英語表記）Xochimilco

Xochimilco is the administrative center of the Xochimilco region in the south of Mexico City, central Mexico. Before the Spanish conquest, it flourished as a lake city of the Aztecs, who grew fruit trees, vegetables, and flowers on floating rafts made of twigs and piled soil on top of them. These were called chinampas (floating gardens), but the roots of the plants eventually reached the bottom of the lake and the chinampas became fixed and became islands. As a result of reclamation of the area since the colonial period, only the small Lake Xochimilco remains to the north of the city, but the city has a labyrinth of canals, and boat tours of the canals attract many tourists. It is part of the Mexico City metropolitan area and is home to a branch of the Metropolitan Autonomous University. Along with the old town of Mexico City, it was registered as a World Heritage Site in 1987. Population: 217,481 (1980).

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Japanese:

メキシコ中部，メキシコ市南部，ソチミルコ地区の行政中心地。スペインによる征服以前には，アステカ民族の湖上都市として繁栄したところで，彼らは湖上に細枝で編んだ筏を浮べ，その上に土を盛ってそこで果樹，野菜，花などを栽培した。これはチナンパ (浮遊菜園) と呼ばれたが，やがて植物の根が湖底に達し，チナンパは固定され，島となった。植民地時代以降この地域一帯の干拓が進められた結果，現在は市の北方に小さなソチミルコ湖が残るだけであるが，市内には迷路状の運河があり，小舟による運河めぐりが多数の観光客を集めている。メキシコ市大都市圏の一部で，メトロポリタン自治大学の分校がある。メキシコ市の旧市街とともに，1987年世界遺産の文化遺産に登録。人口 21万 7481 (1980) 。

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