Donghoi - Donghoi (English spelling)

Japanese: ドンホイ - どんほい(英語表記)Donghoi
Donghoi - Donghoi (English spelling)

A port city in central Vietnam. It is the capital of Quang Binh Province (population 794,000 in 1999). It is 155 km northwest of Hue and faces the South China Sea. Its population is 22,254 (1989). National Highway No. 1 and the Hanoi-Ho Chi Minh railway line pass through the city. Its industries include fishing, shipbuilding, wood carving, and copperwork. Stretching for about 10 km from the west to the north of the city is a fort built by the Nguyen Dynasty in the 17th century as a defense against the north. Just to the south is the 17th parallel, which divides the city into north and south, so it was an important military base and was subjected to fierce bombing by the US military during the Vietnam War.

[Kikuchi Kazumasa]

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Japanese:

ベトナム中部の港湾都市。クアンビン省(人口79万4000。1999)の省都。ユエの北西155キロメートル、南シナ海に臨む。人口2万2254(1989)。国道1号線と鉄道のハノイ―ホー・チ・ミン線が通じる。産業としては漁業、造船、木彫り、銅細工などがある。町の西方から北方に十数キロメートルにわたり、17世紀に北部に対する防壁として阮(げん)朝がつくった砦(とりで)がある。すぐ南方を北緯17度線が通って南北を分けていたので、ベトナム戦争では重要な軍事基地としてアメリカ軍の猛爆を受けた。

[菊池一雅]

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