Bucaramanga (English spelling)

Japanese: ブカラマンガ（英語表記）Bucaramanga

The capital of Santander State in north-central Colombia. It is located about 300 km north-northeast of the capital Bogotá, on the western slope of the northern part of the Eastern Andes Mountains, at an altitude of about 959 m. It was founded in 1622. It has developed rapidly since the second half of the 19th century. It is currently the commercial and industrial center of a fertile agricultural region, mainly producing coffee and tobacco, and in addition to distributing agricultural products, it also manufactures tobacco (cigars and cigarettes), textiles, straw hats, iron products, etc. It is the location of the Industrial University of Santander (1947). It is connected by rail to the river port of Puerto Wilches on the Magdalena River, and by road to other cities in the country and Venezuela. Population: 337,979 (1985).

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Japanese:

コロンビア中北部，サンタンデル州の州都。首都ボゴタの北北東約 300km，アンデスの東部山脈北部西斜面にあり，標高約 959m。 1622年建設。 19世紀後半以降急速に発展。現在コーヒー，タバコの栽培を中心とする肥沃な農業地帯の商工業中心地で，農産物を集散するほか，たばこ (葉巻，紙巻) ，織物，麦わら帽，鉄製品などを製造する。サンタンデル工業大学 (1947) 所在地。マグダレナ川沿岸の河港プエルトウィルチェスと鉄道で結ばれるほか，道路により国内諸都市およびベネズエラと連絡。人口 33万 7979 (1985) 。

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