Vicksburg

Japanese: ビクスバーグ（英語表記）Vicksburg

The county seat of Warren County in western Mississippi, USA. Population 21,000 (1990). Located on high ground near the confluence of the Mississippi and Yazoo rivers, it is a distribution center for cotton, lumber, and beef cattle. Its main industrial products are woodworking products, machinery, trailer houses, and feed. Because of its strategic location, a French fort was built in the early 18th century, and a Spanish fort in 1791. It became a U.S. territory in 1798, and flourished as a cotton market in the first half of the 19th century. It is also known as the site of a fierce battle in the Civil War (1863).

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

アメリカ合衆国ミシシッピ州西部，ウォレン郡の郡都。人口2万1000(1990)。ミシシッピ川とヤズー川の合流点付近の高台に位置し，綿花，木材，肉牛の集散地。木工製品，機械，トレーラーハウス，飼料が主要工業製品。戦略的に重要な位置にあり，18世紀初期にフランスの砦，1791年にスペインの砦が建設された。1798年に合衆国領となり，19世紀前半に綿花市場として栄えた。南北戦争の激戦地(1863)としても知られる。

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