Buenos Aires (English spelling)

Japanese: ブエノス･アイレス（英語表記）Buenos Aires

The capital of Argentina. The metropolitan area, which is under direct federal control, has an area of 200 km2 and a population of 2,988,006 (1995). The metropolitan area, including the suburbs, has an area of 1,700 km2 and a population of 12,582,321 (1991), accounting for 38% of the country's total population. It is located 240 km upstream from the Atlantic Ocean, on the southwest bank of the Rio de la Plata, at a point where the river is 50 km wide. It has long been an important trading port, and its citizens are called porteños, which means "people of the port." It has been called the "Paris of South America," and is the political, economic, social, and cultural center of the country, and has also flourished as the cultural center of South America.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

アルゼンチンの首都。連邦直轄下にある首都部の面積は200km2，人口298万8006(1995)。近郊を含む首都圏の面積は1700km2，人口1258万2321(1991)で，国の総人口の38％を占める。大西洋から240km川上のラ･プラタ川南西岸，川幅50kmの地点に位置し，古くからの重要な貿易港で，市民は〈港の人〉を意味するポルテーニョと呼ばれる。〈南アメリカのパリ〉といわれ，国の政治，経済，社会，文化の中核であり，また南アメリカの文化的中心地としても栄えてきた。

出典　株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典第２版について　情報

<<: Beppe Fenoglio

>>: Fennec fox