Prome - Prome (English spelling)

Japanese: プローム - ぷろーむ(英語表記)Prome
Prome - Prome (English spelling)

Pye is a commercial city on the east bank of the downstream Irrawaddy River in central Myanmar (Burma). It has a population of 128,700 (2003 estimate). It is located in the transitional area between the humid Irrawaddy Delta and the arid zone of central Burma, and trade of agricultural products from the surrounding areas is thriving. Traditional industries are carried out in the city, producing silk textiles and lacquerware. It is also an important transportation hub, with a river port and a transit point for water transport on the Irrawaddy River. It is connected by rail to Yangon (Rangoon), which was the capital and the center of politics, economy, and culture for a long time, and is also connected by national highway. In the east, roads run across the Pegu Mountains to Taungoohe in the Sittang River basin, and in the west, roads run from the opposite bank across the Arakan Mountains to the Bay of Bengal. In the center of the city is the 60-meter-tall Shwesandaw Pagoda, which is visited by many believers on the annual November holiday. At Phu Mo Za, 8 kilometers south, are the ruins of Sri Kshetra, the capital of the Pyu people, who founded a state in southern Burma around the 8th century, including earthworks, pagodas, and temples.

[Toshiaki Sakai]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

ミャンマー(ビルマ)中部、イラワディ川下流東岸にある商業都市。ビルマ語でピェーPye。人口12万8700(2003推計)。湿潤なイラワディ・デルタと中部ビルマ乾燥地帯の移行地区に属し、周辺地方の農産物の取引が盛んである。伝統工業が行われ絹織物と漆器を産する。交通の結節点としても重要で、河港があり、イラワディ川水運の中継点となっている。長く首都として政治、経済、文化の中心となっていたヤンゴン(ラングーン)とは鉄道で結ばれ、国道も通じている。東はペグー山脈を越えてシッタン川流域のタウングーヘ、西は対岸からアラカン山脈を越えてベンガル湾まで道路が延びている。市の中心に高さ60メートルのシュウェサンドー・パゴダがあり、毎年11月の祝祭日には多数の信徒が参詣(さんけい)する。南8キロメートルのフーモーザーに、8世紀ころビルマ南部に建国したピュー人の都城シュリ・クシェトラの遺跡があり、土塁やパゴダ、寺院などが残っている。

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