İzmit (English spelling)

Japanese: イズミト(英語表記)İzmit
İzmit (English spelling)
A city in northwestern Turkey facing the Gulf of Izmit, which leads to the Sea of ​​Marmara. The capital of Kocaeli Province. Population 276,000 (1994). Founded in 264 BC by Nicomedes I of the Bithynian Kingdom as its capital on a site then called Astakos. Its ancient name was Nicomedia. During the Roman period, it was once the royal castle of Emperor Diocletian. It is a distribution center for agricultural products, and is also home to thriving industries such as chemicals, oil refining, and papermaking. The Great Mosque, built in the 16th century during the Ottoman Empire, remains.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
トルコ北西部,マルマラ海に続くイズミト湾に面する都市。コジャエリ県の県都。人口27万6000(1994)。前264年,アスタコスとよばれた地にビテュニア王国のニコメデス1世が首都として建設した町。古代の名はニコメディア。ローマ時代には,一時ディオクレティアヌス帝の王城もおかれた。農産物の集散地であり,また化学,石油精製,製紙などの工業も盛んである。オスマン帝国時代の16世紀に建造された大モスクが残っている。

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