Paraná (State of Paraná)

Japanese: パラナ[州](英語表記)Paraná
Paraná (State of Paraná)
A state in southern Brazil. Area: 199,544 km2, population: 8,712,800 (1995). Capital: Curitiba. Facing the Atlantic Ocean, it lies between latitudes 22°30' and 26°43' south. A coastal mountain range with an elevation of nearly 2,000 m (highest point: Mount Paraná, 1,962 m) runs north to south along the Atlantic coast, and inland, a plateau with an elevation of about 900 m spreads out, decreasing in altitude to the west as it reaches the Paraná River. It borders Paraguay and Argentina across the river. The average annual temperature in Curitiba is 17.2°C, and temperatures can drop below zero between June and August.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
ブラジル南部の州。面積19万9544km2,人口871万2800(1995)。州都クリティバ。大西洋に面し,ほぼ南緯22゜30′から26゜43′の間に位置する。大西洋岸に沿って標高2000mに近い海岸山脈(最高点パラナ山,1962m)が南北に走り,その内陸には,標高900m前後の高原が広がり,西方で高度を低めてパラナ川に達する。川をへだててパラグアイおよびアルゼンチンと接する。クリティバで年平均気温17.2℃,6~8月には零下を記録することがある。

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