Northern Territory

Japanese: ノーザン・テリトリー(英語表記)Northern Territory
Northern Territory
A federal territory in northern Australia, also known as the Northern Territory or Northern Region. It has an area of ​​1,346,200 km2 and a population of 178,000 (1996). Aboriginal people make up about one-quarter of the population. Its capital is Darwin. Its main industries are livestock farming and mining. Livestock farming is centered on beef cattle raising, which developed especially after World War II with investment in roads and meat processing facilities. Its main mineral products are bauxite and alumina in Gove, manganese ore on Groote Eylandt, and copper ore at Tennant Creek, and there is a large uranium deposit in the Alligator River area east of Darwin.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
オーストラリア北部の連邦直轄地域で,北部特別地域,北部地方とも表記される。面積134万6200km2,人口17万8000(1996)。アボリジニーが人口の約1/4を占める。主都はダーウィン。主産業は牧畜と鉱業。牧畜の中心は肉牛飼育で,とくに第2次世界大戦後の道路および食肉加工施設への投資により進展した。主要鉱産物はゴーブのボーキサイトおよびアルミナ,グルート・アイランド島のマンガン鉱,テナント・クリークの銅鉱などで,ダーウィン東方のアリゲーター川地区に大規模なウラン鉱床がある。

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