Piura (English spelling)

Japanese: ピウラ（英語表記）Piura

The capital of Piura Department in northwestern Peru. It is located in the desert on the Pacific coast, about 350 km north-northwest of Trujillo, in an oasis along the Piura River. Since the first town was founded in 1532 by F. Pizarro, the conqueror of the Inca Empire, it has been relocated several times and settled in its current location in 1988. It is the commercial and industrial center of northwestern Peru, distributing cotton, rice, sugar cane, etc., and there are cotton spinning factories, cottonseed oil factories, etc. in and around the city. In the city center with many parks and gardens, old buildings such as the Basilica of St. Francis and the Basilica of Las Mercedes are preserved among modern buildings, and it retains the atmosphere of the colonial era. It is the location of the University of Piura (1968). In addition to the Pan-American Highway, there is a road that leads to the outer port of Paita, about 50 km west. Population 315,800 (1990 estimate).

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Japanese:

ペルー北西部，ピウラ県の県都。トルヒーヨの北北西約 350km，太平洋沿岸の砂漠にあり，ピウラ川に沿うオアシスに位置する。 1532年インカ帝国の征服者 F.ピサロにより最初の町が建設されて以来，数回にわたり移転，88年現在地に落着いた。ペルー北西部の商工業中心地で，綿花，米，サトウキビなどを集散し，市内外には綿紡績，綿実油などの工場がある。公園や庭園の多い市街には，近代的なビルに混って聖フランシスコ聖堂，ラスメルセデス聖堂などの古い建築物が保存されていて，植民地時代の面影をとどめている。ピウラ大学 (1968) 所在地。パンアメリカン・ハイウェーが通るほか，西約 50kmにある外港パイタまで道路が通じる。人口 31万 5800 (1990推計) 。

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