Blumenau (English spelling)

Japanese: ブルメナウ（英語表記）Blumenau

A city in the eastern part of Santa Catarina State in southern Brazil. It is a river port city on the Itajaí River, about 100 km northwest of the state capital Florianopolis. It was founded in 1852 by German immigrants. With a cotton-growing region behind it, the textile industry has developed, and sugar cane, grains, tobacco, vegetables, fruit, and livestock products are also collected, distributed, and processed here. It is connected by road to the state capital, and by rail and road to the port of Itajaí at the mouth of the Itajaí River. Population: 211,677 (1991 estimate).

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Japanese:

ブラジル南部，サンタカタリナ州東部の都市。州都フロリアノポリスの北西約 100km，イタジャイ川にのぞむ河港都市。 1852年ドイツ人移住者によって建設された。背後に綿作地帯を控えて，織物工業が発達するほか，サトウキビ，穀物，タバコ，野菜，果実，畜産物などの集散，加工が行われる。州都と道路で，イタジャイ川河口の港イタジャイと鉄道，道路で結ばれる。人口 21万 1677 (1991推計) 。

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