Chitral (English spelling)

Japanese: チトラール（英語表記）Chitrāl

A trading city in the northern part of the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan, at the southern foot of the Hindu Kush Mountains. Located on the upper reaches of the Kunar River, a tributary of the Kabul River, surrounded by steep cliffs, it distributes apricots and other fruits, as well as rice, wheat, and corn, which grow in the complex alluvial fan and river valley plain at the foot of the cliffs. It is also famous for handicrafts such as knife and dagger manufacturing and embroidery. The upper reaches of the valley run through the Shandur Pass to the east to Gilgit, and the Baro Gir Pass to the northeast to the Wakhan Valley, both of which were once used as transportation routes connecting the Indian subcontinent and Central Asia.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

パキスタンの北西辺境州北部，ヒンドゥークシュ山脈南麓の交易都市。カーブル川の支流クナール川の上流にあり，まわりは急崖に囲まれ，その麓の複合扇状地と河谷平野に産するアプリコットなどの果物，米，小麦，トウモロコシなどを集散する。ナイフ･短刀製造，ししゅうなどの手工業でも名高い。谷を上流につめると，東方はシャンドゥール峠を経てギルギットに，また北東方はバローギル峠を経てワハーンの谷に至り，いずれもかつてはインド亜大陸と中央アジアとを結ぶ交通路として利用された。

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