Itabira (English spelling)

Japanese: イタビラ（英語表記）Itabira

A city in the central-eastern part of Minas Gerais state, inland of southeastern Brazil. It is located about 80 km east-northeast of the state capital Belo Horizonte, in the southern Espinhaço mountain range. The city has developed as a mining center, with one of the world's largest iron deposits in the surrounding area. The ore from the deposit is high-grade hematite, with an average iron content of over 65%, and is known as itabirite. The ore is supplied as raw material to the Usiminas steelworks in Ipatinga, about 70 km east, and is also transported by rail along the Doce River to the port of Vitoria on the Atlantic coast for shipment. Population: 85,294 (1991 estimate).

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Japanese:

ブラジル南東部内陸，ミナスジェライス州中東部の都市。州都ベロオリゾンテの東北東約 80km，エスピニャソ山脈南部山中にある。周辺に世界有数の鉄鉱床があり，市はその採掘中心地として発展。同鉱床の鉱石は含有鉄分の平均品位 65%以上の高品位赤鉄鉱で，イタビライトの名で知られる。採掘された鉱石は東約 70kmのイパティンガにあるウジミナス製鉄所へ原料として供給されるほか，ドセ川に沿って延びる鉄道で大西洋岸のビトリア港へ運ばれ，積出される。人口8万 5294 (1991推計) 。

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