Isthmus of Tehuantepec - Tehuantepec Chikyou (English spelling) Istmo de Tehuantepec

Japanese: テワンテペク地峡 - テワンテペクちきょう（英語表記）Istmo de Tehuantepec

An isthmus in southeastern Mexico. It is sandwiched between the Bay of Campeche on the Gulf of Mexico to the north and the Bay of Tehuantepec on the Pacific Ocean to the south, and is about 220 km wide at its narrowest point. In the south there is a wide plateau-like mountain range that continues from the Southern Madre Mountains to the west, but in the north there is a lowland marsh covered in dense forest. It has long been an important route for north-south transportation, but was rejected as a site for the construction of a canal because the construction costs were too high. Currently, there is a railroad and road between Coatzacoalcos on the shores of Campeche and Salina Cruz on the shores of Tehuantepec.

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Japanese:

メキシコ南東部にある地峡部。北のメキシコ湾側のカンペチェ湾と，南の太平洋側のテワンテペク湾にはさまれた部分で，最狭部の幅は約 220km。南部には西の南マドレ山脈から続く幅広い高原状の山地があるが，北部は密林におおわれた低湿地となっている。古くから南北交通の要路であったが，運河建設地としては建設費があまりにも高価につくため退けられた。現在はカンペチェ湾岸のコアツァコアルコスとテワンテペク湾岸のサリナクルスの間に鉄道と道路が通じている。

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