Visakhapatnam (English spelling)

Japanese: ビシャーカパトナム（英語表記）Vishākhapatnam

Visakhapatnam is a port and industrial city located on the Bay of Bengal in the northeastern part of Andhra Pradesh, in southeastern India. It is the administrative capital of Visakhapatnam district. In the 17th century, the British East India Company established a trading post here. In 1933, the port was renovated, allowing large ships to enter the port, and the shipbuilding industry developed rapidly from the 1970s onwards. It is the state's main port, and ships manganese, sugar, groundnuts, and other products. It is home to a large oil refinery, a steel plant, and the country's largest shipbuilding factory, as well as sugar and tobacco factories. Andhra University is located on the outskirts. Population: 750,00024 (1991).

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Japanese:

インド南東部，アンドラプラデーシュ州北東部，ベンガル湾にのぞむ港湾・工業都市。ビシャーカパトナム県の行政庁所在地。 17世紀にイギリス東インド会社が商館を設置。 1933年には港湾が改修され，大型船の入港が可能となり，70年代から造船業が急激に発展。同州の主要港で，マンガン，砂糖，ナンキンマメなどを積出しする。大規模な製油施設や製鉄プラント，同国一の造船工場があり，製糖，たばこ工場も立地。郊外にアンドラ大学がある。人口 75万 24 (1991) 。

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