Chimbote (English spelling)

Japanese: チンボテ（英語表記）Chimbote

A city in the northwest of Ancash Department in central Peru. It is a port city facing Chimbote Bay, about 400 km north-northwest of the capital Lima, and is located south of the mouth of the Santa River, which flows down from the Andes. Since its founding in 1822, it was just a small fishing village for a long time, but since the construction of a steelworks and a fishmeal factory in the mid-20th century, it has rapidly developed and is now the largest city in the department. Fishmeal, fish oil, ore, machine parts, cast iron, sugar cane, cotton, rice, etc. are shipped from the port. It was severely damaged by an earthquake in 1970, but has since been rebuilt and modernized as a model city. The Pan-American Highway passes through it. It is the starting point of a railway that extends to Wayanca in the Andes. Population: 296,600 (1990 estimate).

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Japanese:

ペルー中部，アンカシュ県北西部の都市。首都リマの北北西約 400km，チンボテ湾に面する港湾都市で，アンデス山脈から流下するサンタ川の河口の南に位置する。 1822年建設以来，長い間小漁村にすぎなかったが，20世紀なかば製鉄所と魚粉工場が建設されてから急速に発展，現在同県最大の都市となっている。港からは魚粉，魚油，鉱石，機械部品，鋳鉄などのほか，後背地のサンタ川河谷に産するサトウキビ，綿花，米などを積出す。 1970年地震により大破したが，その後モデル都市として再建が進められ，近代化された。パンアメリカン・ハイウェーが通る。アンデス山中のワヤンカまで延びる鉄道の起点。人口 29万 6600 (1990推計) 。

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