A city at the northern foot of the eastern Ethiopian plateau. Population 195,000 (1994). Due to the abundance of groundwater, settlements have existed since prehistoric times. It developed in the 19th century as the midpoint of the railway linking Addis Ababa and the port of Djibouti. As nighttime travel was dangerous, this point, a one-day journey from either end, was necessary as a transfer point. It is also the entrance to the eastern plateau. A cotton cloth factory was built with Japanese investment and many Japanese people lived here, but it is now nationalized. [Suzuki Hideo] Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information |
エチオピア東部高原の北麓にある都市。人口19万5000(1994)。地下水が豊かなため,先史時代から集落が形成されていた。アジス・アベバとジブチ港を結ぶ鉄道の中間点として19世紀以降発達した。夜の運行が危険なため,両端から1日行程のこの地点が乗り継ぎのため必要とされたのである。東部高原への入口にもあたる。日本の出資による綿布工場が建設され日本人が多く住んだが,現在は国営化されている。【鈴木 秀夫】
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