Paraná (English spelling)

Japanese: パラナ（英語表記）Paraná

The capital of Entre Rios province in northeastern Argentina. It is located on the left bank of the Paraná River, about 360 km north-northwest of the capital Buenos Aires. It was founded in 1730 by immigrants from Santa Fe on the opposite bank, but it developed only after it was made the capital of the newly formed Argentine Federation in 1853. The federal government was located here until the capital was returned to Buenos Aires in 1862, and it developed rapidly as an economic and cultural center, and its population rapidly increased. It is currently the commercial and industrial center of the surrounding agricultural areas, distributing grains, potatoes, tomatoes, fruits, livestock, and beef, and manufacturing cement, pottery, soap, furniture, shoes, frozen meat, dairy products, etc. The city is located on high ground about 3 km from the riverbank to avoid flood damage, and there are railways and roads leading to the coastal port of Bajada Grande. The Paraná Cathedral (1883) and the Argentine Federal Senate Building (58) in the city are designated as national historical monuments. The city is the transportation center of the state, with railroads and roads extending to all parts of the state, as well as bridges and tunnels connecting it to Santa Fe and the right bank of the Paraná River. Population: 277,338 (1991 estimate).

Parana
Palana

A city in the Kamchatka region in eastern Russia. It was the administrative center of the former Koryak Autonomous Okrug. It is a settlement on the western coast of the northern Kamchatka Peninsula, located on the right bank of the Parana River, about 8 km upstream from its mouth into the Sea of Okhotsk. It has a fishery processing plant and a local museum. Population: 3,910 (2006 estimate).

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Japanese:

アルゼンチン北東部，エントレリオス州の州都。首都ブエノスアイレスの北北西約 360km，パラナ川左岸に位置する。 1730年対岸のサンタフェからの移住者によって建設されたが，発展は 1853年新たに結成されたアルゼンチン連邦の首都とされてからで，62年首都がブエノスアイレスへ戻されるまで連邦政府がおかれ，経済，文化の中心地として急速に発展，人口も急増した。現在周辺の農業地帯の商工業中心地で，穀物，ジャガイモ，トマト，果実，家畜，牛肉などを集散し，セメント，陶器，石鹸，家具，靴，冷凍肉，乳製品などを製造する。洪水の被害を避けて市街は川岸から約 3km離れた高台にあり，沿岸のバハダグランデ港へ鉄道，道路が通じている。市内にあるパラナ大聖堂 (1883) とアルゼンチン連邦上院議事堂 (58) は国の歴史記念物に指定されている。州の交通中心地で，市から州内各地に鉄道，道路が延びるとともに，サンタフェとも橋とトンネルで結ばれ，パラナ川右岸とも容易に連絡できる。人口 27万 7338 (1991推計) 。