Haryana (state)

Japanese: ハリヤーナー[州]（英語表記）Haryana

A state in northwest India. Area: 44,000 km2, population: 16.46 million (1991). Capital: Chandigarh. In 1966, the state was formed from the Hindi-speaking areas of the then Punjab state. The state's name means "the place where Vishnu (Hari is another name for him) resides." It is located at the southeastern end of the Punjab plain, and is a low, flat plain 200-300 meters above sea level that slopes gently from northeast to southwest. Most areas receive around 400 mm of precipitation, and the southwestern end is on the northern edge of the Thar Desert. As the majority of the cultivated land is irrigated by the West Yamuna canal network, it produces a lot of wheat, rice, sugarcane, oil crops, chickpeas, etc., and is one of India's major grain producers along with Punjab.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

インド北西部の州。面積4万4000km2，人口1646万(1991)。州都チャンディーガル。1966年，当時のパンジャーブ州のうちヒンディー語地帯を範域として州を形成した。州名は〈ビシュヌ神(ハリはその別名)の住む所〉の意。パンジャーブ平原の南東端にあたり，北東から南西に緩やかに傾斜する標高200～300mの低平な平原が続く。降水量は400mm前後の地域が多く，南西端はタール砂漠北縁部にあたる。西ヤムナー用水路網によって過半の耕地が灌漑されるため，小麦，米，サトウキビ，油料作物，ヒヨコマメなどの産が多く，パンジャーブ州とならぶインドの穀倉をなす。

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