Valdivia (English spelling)

Japanese: バルディビア(英語表記)Valdivia
Valdivia (English spelling)
A city in south-central Chile. It is located about 20 km inland from the Pacific coast, where the Cayecaye and Cruces rivers join to form the Valdivia River. Founded by the Spanish in 1552, it was a strategically important base during the colonial period, but it developed only after a large number of German immigrants settled there from the mid-19th century, and even today the town has a strong German influence. As the center of a rich agricultural and forestry region, it distributes grain, potatoes, apples, livestock, dairy products, and timber, and is also a thriving industrial city with factories for food, woodworking, metal processing, leather products, textiles, lumber, and shipbuilding. At the mouth of the Valdivia River is the outer port of Corral, where products from the region are transported by barge from the city to the port for shipment. The city is home to the Austral University (1954), and is the cultural center of the southern part of the country. The city was severely damaged by the earthquake and tsunami in 1960. The city is served by the Pan-American Highway and a branch line of the Trans-Chilean Railway. Population: 113,512 (1992 estimate).

Valdivia
Valdivia, Pedro de

Born: Around 1498, Extremadura
[Died] about 1554. Spanish soldier. Conqueror and governor of Chile. In 1534, he traveled to Venezuela, was active in Peru, and then, with the permission of F. Pizarro, advanced into Chile. While suppressing the resistance of the indigenous Araucano people, he founded cities such as Santiago (1541), Concepción (50), and Valdivia (52). He was killed in a rebellion by the indigenous people.

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Japanese:
チリ中南部の都市。太平洋岸から約 20km内陸,カイェカイェ川とクルセス川が合流してバルディビア川となる地点に位置する。 1552年スペイン人によって建設され,植民地時代には戦略的に重要な拠点となっていたが,発展は 19世紀なかば以降多数のドイツ系の移住者が入植してからで,現在もドイツ的色彩の濃い町である。豊かな農牧・林業地帯の中心地として,穀物,ジャガイモ,リンゴ,家畜,酪農製品,木材などを集散するほか,工業が盛んで,食品,木工,金属加工,皮革製品,繊維,製材,造船などの工場がある。バルディビア川河口には外港コラルがあり,この地域の産品は市からはしけによって同港まで運ばれ,積出される。市内にはアウストラル大学 (1954) があり,同国南部の文化中心地となっている。市街は 1960年の地震と津波により大きな被害を受けた。パンアメリカン・ハイウェーが通り,チリ縦貫鉄道から分岐する支線が通じる。人口 11万 3512 (1992推計) 。

バルディビア
Valdivia, Pedro de

[生]1498頃.エストレマドゥラ
[没]1554頃
スペインの軍人。チリの征服者,総督。 1534年ベネズエラに渡り,ペルーで活躍,次いで F.ピサロの許可を得てチリに進出,先住民アラウカノ族の抵抗を抑圧しながら,サンチアゴ (1541) ,コンセプシオン (50) ,バルディビア (52) などの都市を建設。先住民の反乱で殺された。

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