Piracicaba - Piracicaba (English spelling)

Japanese: ピラシカバ - ぴらしかば(英語表記)Piracicaba
Piracicaba - Piracicaba (English spelling)

A city in the central part of the state of São Paulo in the southeast of Brazil. It is located 140 km northwest of the city of São Paulo, at an altitude of 540 meters. It has a population of 329,158 (2000). It is the center of a major sugarcane-growing region, and also produces cotton, rice, corn, tobacco, and coffee, which are traded and processed. The sugar refining and agricultural machinery industries are also well developed. It has a well-known agricultural university, and an agricultural festival is held in October.

[Shozo Yamamoto]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

ブラジル南東部、サン・パウロ州中部の都市。サン・パウロ市の北西140キロメートル、標高540メートルの高地に位置する。人口32万9158(2000)。サトウキビの大栽培地域の中心地で、ほかに綿花、米、トウモロコシ、タバコ、コーヒーなどをも産し、それらの取引と加工が行われる。製糖、農業機械工業も発達している。著名な農科大学があり、10月には農業祭が催される。

[山本正三]

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