Białystok (English spelling)

Japanese: ビヤウィストク（英語表記）Białystok

The capital of the voyage of the same name in northeastern Poland. Population 277,100 (1995). Located on the Narew River system, a tributary of the Vistula River, it is the largest city in the northeast. The northeastern part east of the Vistula River is an underdeveloped agricultural region producing rye, potatoes, and flax. There are food and textile industries (wool, hemp textiles, cotton spinning) based on local resources. Vast expanses of virgin forest stretching to the border with the Republic of Belarus are inhabited by wild bison, which are said to be extinct. [Yamamoto Shigeru]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

ポーランド北東部，同名県の県都。人口27万7100(1995)。ビスワ川支流ナレフ川水系に位置し，北東部最大の都市。ビスワ川以東の北東部は後進地域で，ライ麦，ジャガイモ，亜麻を生産する農業地域である。地方資源に立脚する食品工業や繊維工業(羊毛，麻織物，綿紡績)がある。ベラルーシ共和国との国境に続く原生林が広大に広がり，絶滅を伝えられる野生のバイソンが生息する。【山本茂】

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