The capital of the province of Manitoba, Canada. It is located in the center of Canada, about 2,300 km from both Montreal in the east and Vancouver in the west. It is located in the Manitoba lowlands in the eastern prairies, near the confluence of the Red River and the Assiniboine River. The average temperature in January is -19°C, and in July it is 19°C, so there is a large difference between winter and summer. The annual precipitation is about 500 mm. The city was established in 1811 when several hundred Scottish people, including Lord Selkirk, settled there, and the North-West Company (1804) and the Hudson's Bay Company (21) established fur trading posts there. The name comes from the Indian word Winnipee, which means muddy water. At the time, the population was less than 2,000, but with the opening of the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1885, it developed into the center of the wheat region and became the gateway to the prairies. Commerce in the Northwest Territories is also conducted here, and it is a distribution center for goods from the east and west, and is one of Canada's major commercial cities. Currently, all major transportation routes connecting the east and west, such as two trans-Canada railways and the Trans-Canada Highway, converge here, and it has an international airport and is connected by rail and road to Minneapolis in the United States. It is also an important industrial city with abundant hydroelectric power, and is active in the production of meat processing, flour milling, brewing, food, clothing, automobiles, agricultural machinery, etc. There are many educational facilities such as the University of Manitoba (1877), the University of Winnipeg (1947), and the Museum of Man and Nature. In 1972, the surrounding cities of St. Boniface and St. James were annexed into the city limits. Population 663,617 (2011). Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica Concise Encyclopedia About Encyclopaedia Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Information |
カナダ,マニトバ州の州都。カナダの中央部にあたり,東のモントリオール,西のバンクーバー,いずれからも約 2300kmの位置にある。周辺はプレーリー (草原地帯) 東部のマニトバ低地にあり,レッド川とアシニボイン川の合流点に近い。1月の平均気温は-19℃,7月の平均気温は 19℃と冬と夏の較差が大きい。年降水量約 500mm。市の母体となったのは,1811年セルカーク卿ら数百のスコットランド人の定住,および北西会社 (1804) ,ハドソン湾会社 (21) の毛皮取引所の設置である。地名はインディアンの言葉で泥の水を意味する winnipeeによる。当時の人口は 2000足らずであったが,85年カナディアンパシフィック鉄道の開通とともにコムギ地帯の中心地に発展し,プレーリー地方への玄関口となった。ノースウェスト准州での商業もここで行われ,東部および西部からの物資の集散地で,カナダの大商業都市の一つである。現在2つのカナダ横断鉄道やトランスカナダ・ハイウェーなど東西を結ぶ主要交通路のすべてが集っており,国際空港をもち,アメリカ合衆国のミネアポリスなどとも鉄道と道路で結ばれている。豊富な水力発電を背景に重要な工業都市でもあり,食肉加工,製粉,醸造,食料品,衣料,自動車,農業機械などの生産が盛ん。マニトバ大学 (1877) ,ウィニペグ大学 (1947) ,人類・自然博物館などの文教施設も多い。 1972年にセントボニフェス,セントジェームズなど周辺諸都市を市域に併合した。人口 66万3617(2011)。
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