Tomé Açu (English spelling)

Japanese: トメ･アス（英語表記）Tomé Açu

A city in the northeast of the state of Para in northern Brazil. Population 19,000 (1970). Located along the Acara River, a tributary of the Amazon near its mouth. The rainy season is December to May, the dry season is June to November, and the annual precipitation is 2,500 mm. Located on terra firme at an altitude of 10 to 20 meters, the city is served by boat (270 km) from Belem, 110 km north, regular bus service (180 km), and air taxi service. It is home to the Tomé-Açu settlement, the main Japanese settlement in northern Brazil. Established in 1929 as a settlement by the South America Colonization Company, 352 families settled there before World War II, but due to the outbreak of malaria, only a quarter of them settled there.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

ブラジル北部，パラ州北東部の市。人口1万9000(1970)。アマゾン河口付近の支流アカラ川に沿う。雨季12月～5月，乾季6月～11月で，年降水量2500mm。標高10～20mのテラ･フィルメ上に位置し，北方110kmのベレンから船便(270km)，定期バス便(180km)のほか，エア･タクシーの便がある。ブラジル北部の主要な日本人集団移住地，トメ･アス移住地がある。1929年南米拓植株式会社の入植地として発足，第2次大戦前に352家族が入植したが，マラリアの発生で4分の1のみが定着。

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