Talcahuano (English spelling)

Japanese: タルカワノ（英語表記）Talcahuano

A port city in south-central Chile facing the Pacific Ocean. It is located about 10 km north-northwest of Concepcion, on a small peninsula on the southwest coast of Concepcion Bay, and serves as the city's outer port. As one of Chile's major ports, it is important for shipping lumber, leather, wool, furs, coal, etc., as well as being a fishing port and naval base. It is also an industrial center, with fish canning, flour milling, oil refining, and other industries located within the city, a modern steelworks in nearby Huachipato, and a chemical plant in San Vicente. In the bay, the Peruvian warship Huascar, captured by the Chilean Navy in 1879 after a fierce battle during the war with Bolivia and Peru over saltpeter resources at the end of the 19th century, is moored and open to tourists. It is connected to Concepcion by rail and road. Population: 246,853 (1992 estimate).

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Japanese:

チリ中南部，太平洋にのぞむ港湾都市。コンセプシオンの北北西約 10km，コンセプシオン湾の南西岸をなす小半島にあり，同市の外港となっている。チリの主要港の一つとして木材，皮革，羊毛，毛皮，石炭などを積出すほか，漁港，海軍基地として重要。工業中心地でもあり，市内には魚缶詰，製粉，石油精製などの工業が立地し，近郊のワチパトには近代的な製鉄所，サンビセンテには化学工場がある。湾内には，19世紀末硝石資源をめぐってボリビア，ペルーとの間に起った戦争中，1879年チリ海軍が激戦ののち捕獲したペルー軍艦『ワスカル』が係留されており，観光客に公開されている。コンセプシオンと鉄道，道路で連絡。人口 24万 6853 (1992推計) 。

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