Hue (English spelling)

Japanese: フエ（英語表記）Hue

The capital of Thua Thien Hue Province in central Vietnam. It is also called Hue, but this is the French pronunciation. It is located about 550 km south-southeast of the capital Hanoi, on a narrow coastal plain along the South China Sea coast, with the front mountains of the Annamite Mountains looming behind it. It is an old town that appears in records from around 200 BC as a Chinese military base, and from around 200 BC it came under the control of the Cham people, but in the early 14th century it was annexed by Vietnam, which advanced southward. In the 17th century, a castle town was built around the Nguyen (→ Nguyen) family's castle, and after the establishment of the Nguyen dynasty (1802), Emperor Gá Long (→ Nguyen Púc Eòng) moved the capital from Hanoi and began to develop in earnest. It prospered as a royal capital until Emperor Bao Dai abdicated in 1945. It is currently a commercial and industrial center, with industries such as cotton weaving, silk weaving, lumber, cement, and rice milling. It is also the cultural center of central Vietnam, with educational institutions such as Hue University (1957). The Huong River (Perfume River), which originates in the Annamite Mountains, runs through the city, with the old town on the left bank and the European-style urban area and commercial district that developed during the French Protectorate period (1883-1945) on the right bank. During the Vietnam War, the city was a battlefield during the Tet Offensive in 1968, and suffered considerable destruction. In and around the city, the old royal palace, the tombs of past emperors, and Thien Mu Pagoda are preserved, and the city was registered as a World Heritage Site in 1993. National Highway 1, the Thong Nhat Railway, and air routes connect the two major cities of Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi in the north and south. Population: 211,085 (1989).

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Japanese:

ベトナム中部，トゥアティエンフエ省の省都。ユエとも呼ばれるが，これはフランス語読み。首都ハノイの南南東約 550km，南シナ海沿岸の狭い海岸平野にあり，背後にアンナン山脈の前山が迫る。前 200年頃の記録に中国の軍事拠点として現れる古い町で，200年頃からはチャム族の支配下に入ったが，14世紀初め南進してきたベトナムに併合された。 17世紀グエン氏 (→阮氏 ) の居城を中心に城下町が築かれ，グエン王朝の成立 (1802) 後，ザロン帝 (→阮福映 ) がハノイから遷都して本格的に発展し始め，1945年バオ・ダイ (保大) 帝が退位するまで王都として繁栄した。現在商工業の中心地で，綿織物，絹織物，製材，セメント，精米などの工業がある。また同国中部の文化の中心地でもあり，フエ大学 (1957) をはじめとする教育機関が集まる。アンナン山脈に源を発するフオン川 (香河) が市内を貫流し，その左岸に旧市街が，右岸にはフランス保護領時代 (1883～1945) に発達したヨーロッパ風の市街や商業地区が広がる。ベトナム戦争中，1968年のテト攻勢の際に戦場となり，市街は相当破壊された。市内外には旧王宮のほか，歴代皇帝の墓，ティエン・ムー寺などが保存され，1993年世界遺産の文化遺産に登録。国道1号線，トンニャット鉄道，航空路により南北の二大都市，ホーチミンとハノイと結ばれる。人口 21万 1085 (1989) 。

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