Birātnagar (English spelling)

Japanese: ビラートナガル（英語表記）Birātnagar

Located in the southeastern corner of Nepal, near the Indian border, this is the country's largest industrial city. It has a population of 132,000 (1993). It is located in the swampy lowland of the Terai, at an altitude of about 100m. The surrounding area is the country's largest jute-producing region, and also produces rice, sugarcane, and timber. A jute factory built here in 1936 marked the beginning of the country's industrialization, and since then, in addition to jute processing, various industries have been established, including agricultural and forestry product processing such as rice milling, sugar refining, oil refining, and lumber, as well as cotton, nylon, plastic, and steel manufacturing. A major highway runs east-west across the southern part of the country to the north, and the city is also connected by road to Forbesganj in India.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

ネパール南東端，インド国境近くの同国最大の工業都市。人口13万2000(1993)。標高約100mの沼沢性低地タライの中にある。周辺は同国最大のジュート生産地帯で，そのほか米，サトウキビ，木材の産が多い。1936年ここに建設されたジュート工場が同国工業化の発端となり，以後，ジュート加工のほか精米，製糖，製油，製材などの農林産物加工，また綿業，ナイロン，プラスチック，製鋼などの諸工業が立地した。北方には同国南部を東西に横断する幹線道路が走り，またインドのフォルベース･ガンジと道路で結ばれる。

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