Namdinh (English spelling)

Japanese: ナムディン - なむでぃん(英語表記)Namdinh
Namdinh (English spelling)

The capital of Nam Dinh Province in northern Vietnam. It is located 75 km southeast of Hanoi. It has a population of 190,500 (2003 estimate). It is the central city of the Song Khoi River Delta and has long been a distribution center for rice and other products from the surrounding farming villages. National Route 10 and the Hanoi-Ho Chi Minh railway line run through the city. It has been the center of the textile industry since the French colonial period, and the cotton and silk weaving industries are still thriving today, with over 10,000 textile workers. Industries such as electricity and chemical fertilizers, and handicrafts such as lacquerware, matting, and copper products are also thriving. During the Vietnam War, the city was destroyed by the US Air Force, but was reborn as a modern city after the war.

[Kikuchi Kazumasa]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

ベトナム北部、ナムディン省の省都。ハノイの南東75キロメートルに位置する。人口19万0500(2003推計)。ソン・コイ川デルタの中心都市で、古くから周辺農村の米などの集散地となり、国道10号線、鉄道のハノイ―ホー・チ・ミン線が通じる。フランス領時代から繊維工業の中心地となっており、現在も綿・絹織物業が盛んで、1万人を超える織物労働者がいる。電力、化学肥料などの工業、漆器、莚(むしろ)、銅製品などの手工業も盛んである。ベトナム戦争中、市街はアメリカ空軍によって破壊されたが、戦後、近代都市に生まれ変わった。

[菊池一雅]

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