Agadir - Agadir (English spelling)

Japanese: アガディール - あがでぃーる(英語表記)Agadir
Agadir - Agadir (English spelling)

A port city in southwestern Morocco, North Africa. It is located north of the mouth of the Sousse River, which flows through the Sousse Plain and empties into the Atlantic Ocean. It has a population of 550,200 (1994), with a municipal population of 505,765 (estimated for 2014). Agricultural products such as fruits and vegetables, and minerals such as lead, zinc, cobalt, molybdenum, and manganese are shipped from the port, and it is also a fishing port. In terms of industry, there are metallurgical plants. On July 1, 1911, under French rule, a German gunboat entered the port, causing tensions in relations between Germany and France, and the Agadir incident occurred. The city was almost completely destroyed in a major earthquake in 1960.

[Hiroshi Fujii]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

北アフリカ、モロッコ南西部にある港湾都市。スース平野を流れて大西洋に注ぐスース川河口の北方に位置する。人口55万0200(1994)、市域の人口50万5765(2014推計)。果実、野菜などの農産物や、鉛、亜鉛、コバルト、モリブデン、マンガンなどの鉱産物が港から積み出され、漁港でもある。工業では冶金(やきん)工場がある。フランス支配下の1911年7月1日、ドイツの砲艦が入港、ドイツとフランスの関係が緊張するアガディール事件が起きた。1960年の大地震で市街はほとんど壊滅した。

[藤井宏志]

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