Chittagong (English spelling)

Japanese: チッタゴン（英語表記）Chittagong

Chotragram (meaning "16 villages") in Bengali. A port city at the mouth of the Karnaphuli River in southeastern Bangladesh. It is the capital of Chittagong State and the administrative seat of Chittagong District. It was known to Arab sailors from the 10th century, and later called Porto Grande by the Portuguese. It was conquered by Muslims in the 14th century, and in 1666 came under the control of the Nawabs of Bengal in the Mughal Empire. From 1760, it was controlled by the British East India Company, and developed into an important port, becoming a base for the development of the Assam region of India. It developed further after Pakistan's independence in 1947, but was devastated during the Bangladesh Independence War in 1971, and restoration took until 1973. It is now a thriving trading port for the country, with jute and tea being the main exports. Industry is also thriving, with industrial zones for steel, fertilizer, chemicals, spinning, jute processing, and oil refining. It also has Chittagong University and an international airport. Population: 1,363,998, metropolitan area 2,046,630 (1991 estimate).

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Japanese:

ベンガル語ではチョトラグラム Chotragram (「16の村」の意) 。バングラデシュ南東部，カルナフリ川河口にのぞむ港湾都市。チッタゴン州の州都。チッタゴン県の行政庁所在地。 10世紀からアラブの水兵に知られ，のちポルトガル人がポルトグランデと呼んだ。 14世紀イスラム教徒が征服，1666年ムガル帝国のベンガル地方のナワーブの支配下に入った。 1760年からはイギリス東インド会社が支配，インドのアッサム地方開発の拠点となり，重要港として発展。 1947年のパキスタン独立以後さらに発展したが，71年のバングラデシュ独立戦争で荒廃，修復は 73年までかかった。現在はジュート，茶を主要輸出品とする同国の貿易港として繁栄。工業も盛んで，製鋼，肥料，化学，紡績，ジュート加工，製油などの工業地帯がある。チッタゴン大学，国際空港もある。人口 136万 3998，大都市圏 204万 663 (1991推計) 。

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