Tromsø (English spelling)

Japanese: トロムセー(英語表記)Tromsø
Tromsø (English spelling)
The main seaport in northern Norway. Capital of Tromsø County. Founded in 1250, it was granted city rights in 1794. Famous as the gateway to the Arctic Ocean since ancient times. In the late 19th century, it was a centre of Arctic trade, a base for herring fishing, and the home base for many Arctic expeditions. It was briefly the seat of the Norwegian government during World War II. Today, it is an important base for Arctic crab fishing and a navigation base to Svalbard. It has a shipyard and exports fish, marine products, and furs. Tromsø Museum is renowned for its maritime exhibits and its collection of ethnographic material on the indigenous Sami (also known as Lapp) people. Population 52,459 (1992 est.).

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Japanese:
ノルウェー北部の主要な海港。トロムス県の県都。 1250年に建設され,1794年に都市権を得た。北極海への門として古来有名。 19世紀末,北極圏交易の中心地,ニシン漁の基地となり,また多くの北極探検隊の根拠地となった。第2次世界大戦中には一時ノルウェー政府がおかれたこともある。現在は北極海カニ漁の基地,スバールバル諸島への航行基地として重要。造船所があるほか,魚,水産製品,毛皮を輸出。トロムセー博物館は海洋に関する陳列品と先住民サミ人 (いわゆるラップ) の民俗資料の収集により名高い。人口5万 2459 (1992推計) 。

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