Tampico (English spelling)

Japanese: タンピコ（英語表記）Tampico

A city in the southeastern tip of Tamaulipas state in northeastern Mexico. It is a port city located on the north bank of the Panuco River, about 350 km north-northeast of Mexico City, about 10 km upstream from the mouth of the Panuco River, which flows into the Gulf of Mexico, in a marshland with a developed lagoon. The town developed around a monastery built by Franciscan monks on the site of an Aztec settlement around 1532. It was destroyed by pirates in 1683 and finally rebuilt in 1823. In 1829, Spanish troops landed and occupied the city, but were repelled by General Santa Anna. Until the end of the 19th century, it was just a small shipping port in a fertile but undeveloped hinterland, but after the discovery of oil fields in the surrounding area, it grew rapidly from the beginning of the 20th century with the development of the fields, and at one time became the largest oil shipping port in the world. Pipelines have been built from oil fields such as Ebano, Panuco, Huasteca, and Tuxpan, as well as to Ciudad Victoria and Monterrey, and oil tanks and refineries line the south bank of the Panuco River. The port is equipped with modern port facilities, warehouses, and facilities for loading oil onto tankers, and is currently thriving as Mexico's most modern port. In addition to the oil industry, the city is also home to industries such as machine repair, shipbuilding, sewing, canning, and lumber manufacturing. It is also known as a seaside resort. Transport is extremely convenient, with the city connected to other parts of Mexico by rail, road, and air. Population: 271,636 (1990 estimate).

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Japanese:

メキシコ北東部，タマウリパス州南東端部の都市。メキシコ市の北北東約 350km，メキシコ湾に注ぐパヌコ川の河口から約 10km上流の北岸に位置する港湾都市で，潟湖の発達した湿地帯にある。 1532年頃フランシスコ会修道士がアステカ族の集落跡に建てた修道院を中心に発展した町で，1683年海賊によって破壊されたのち，1823年ようやく再建された。 29年にスペイン軍が上陸，市を占領したが，サンタ・アナ将軍により撃退された。 19世紀末までは肥沃ではあるが未開発な後背地の小さな積出港にすぎなかったが，周辺地域での油田の発見後，その開発に伴って 20世紀初頭から急速に発展，一時は世界最大の石油積出港となった。エバノ，パヌコ，ワステカ，トゥスパンなどの油田からの，またシウダードビクトリアやモンテレイなどへのパイプラインも建設され，パヌコ川南岸には石油タンクや製油所が並ぶ。港は近代的な港湾施設，倉庫，タンカーへの石油積込み施設などを備え，現在メキシコで最も近代的な港湾として繁栄。石油産業のほか，機械修理，造船，縫製，缶詰製造，製材などの工業も立地。また海浜保養地としても知られる。交通の便はきわめてよく，鉄道，道路，空路によりメキシコ各地と結ばれる。人口 27万 1636 (1990推計) 。

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