Nikopoli - Nikopoli (English spelling) Nikopoli

Japanese: ニコポリ - にこぽり(英語表記)Никополь/Nikopol'
Nikopoli - Nikopoli (English spelling) Nikopoli

A city in southern Ukraine. It was called Nikitino until 1782. Population 136,000 (2001). It is located on the north bank of the Kakhovka Reservoir, along the Zaporozhye-Krivoy Rog railway line. It is one of the largest manganese producers in the country. There are factories for steel, ferroalloys, machinery, and crane assembly, including the Southern Steel Pipe Plant, and there is also a local history museum. Manganese deposits are distributed underground in two parts, near Nikopol and near the city of Marganets to the east. The depth is about 15 to 80 meters, the manganese content is 20 to 35%, and the manganese ore layer is a few centimeters to 6 meters thick, with an average of 2.3 meters. Manganese mining began in 1886.

[Kazuo Watanabe]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

ウクライナ南部の都市。1782年までニキーチノНикитино/Nikitinoとよばれた。人口13万6000(2001)。カホフカ貯水池北岸に臨み、ザポロージエ―クリボイログを結ぶ鉄道に沿う。同国最大級のマンガンの産地。「南部鋼管工場」をはじめ、製鉄、フェロアロイ(合金鉄)、機械、クレーン組立てなどの工場があり、郷土館もある。マンガン鉱床はニコポリ付近およびその東方のマルガネツ市付近の地下に二分されて賦存する。深さは15~80メートル程度、マンガン含有率は20~35%、含マンガン鉱層の厚さは数センチメートルから6メートル、平均2.3メートル程度である。マンガン採取は1886年から開始された。

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