Haiphong - Haifon (English spelling)

Japanese: ハイフォン - はいふぉん(英語表記)Haiphong
Haiphong - Haifon (English spelling)

A port city in northern Vietnam. With a population of 581,600 (estimated in 2003), it is the third largest city in the country after Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi. It is located 90 km southeast of the capital Hanoi, at the confluence of the Thai Binh River, the Cua Cam River, and the Tam Bac River, and is located in the northeastern Tonkin Delta, 25 km upstream from the mouth of the river. It was just a small village about a century ago, but it has developed rapidly since the French colonial period and has become an important city as a gateway to Tonkin and Laos. The city area consists of four districts: Hong Bang, Go Keng, Le Can, and Kien An, eight suburban districts, and one town area. The main industries are cement and machinery in the Den Hai and Ha Long districts, and shipbuilding, glass, and canned fish in the Bach Dang district. The port is seven meters deep even at low tide, and 4,000-ton ships can dock, but at high tide, 10,000-ton ships can dock. The railway line runs to Hanoi and Lao Cai, and the expressway connects it to Hanoi, Hon Gai, etc. During the Vietnam War, it was heavily bombed by the US Air Force.

[Kikuchi Kazumasa]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

ベトナム北部の港湾都市。人口は58万1600(2003推計)で、ホー・チ・ミン、ハノイに次ぎ同国第3位。首都ハノイの東南東90キロメートル、タイビン川の分流とキュアカム川、タムバック川の合流点に位置し、河口より25キロメートル上流のトンキン・デルタ北東部に展開する。1世紀ほど前には小さな村にすぎなかったが、フランス領時代から急速に発展し、トンキン、ラオスの門戸として重要な都市となった。市域はホンバン、ゴーケン、レカン、キエンアンの4区と郊外の8区、それに一つの町域からなる。工業はデンハイ、ハロン地区のセメントや機械、バクダン地区の造船、ガラス、魚の缶詰などがおもなものである。港内は干潮時でも7メートルの水深があり、4000トン級の船が接岸できるが、満潮時には1万トン級の船も接岸可能である。鉄道はハノイやラオカイに通じる滇越(てんえつ)線の終点で、自動車道はハノイ、ホンゲイなどと結ぶ。ベトナム戦争ではアメリカ空軍の猛爆を受けた。

[菊池一雅]

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