Salt Lake City

Japanese: ソルト･レーク･シティ（英語表記）Salt Lake City

The capital of northern Utah in the western United States. Its population was 172,000 (1994), and the metropolitan area population was 1.13 million (1992), accounting for about 55% of the state's population. Mormons from the east settled about 25 km southeast of the Great Salt Lake in 1847 and established the town. Surrounded by mountains, wilderness, and salt lakes, it became an important stopover point for stagecoaches and transcontinental railroads. It is a distribution center for various agricultural products, and industries such as metal refining and oil refining have also developed, taking advantage of its strategic location as a transportation hub.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

アメリカ合衆国西部，ユタ州北部の州都。人口17万2000(1994)，大都市域人口113万(1992)で，同州人口の約55％に当たる。1847年東部から来たモルモン教徒がグレート･ソルト湖の南東約25kmの地点に定住し，町の礎を築いた。周辺を山岳，荒野，塩湖などに囲まれ，駅馬車や大陸横断鉄道の重要な中継地となった。各種農産物の集散地で，金属精錬，石油精製などの工業も交通の要衝という地の利を生かして発達している。

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