Florianópolis (English spelling)

Japanese: フロリアノポリス（英語表記）Florianópolis

The capital of the state of Santa Catarina in southern Brazil. It is a port city on Santa Catarina Island in the Atlantic Ocean, about 480 km south-southwest of São Paulo, and is connected to the mainland by a suspension bridge across a narrow channel. In 1542, the Spanish built the first European settlement on the island and took possession of it, but in 1675 it became Portuguese territory. The current city began as a settlement built in 1700 and was originally called Desterro. In 1893, it was occupied by rebel forces against Brazilian President Floriano Peixoto, but the rebellion was soon put down and the city was renamed after the president. It is the commercial center of the state, and industries such as metals, electrical equipment, pharmaceuticals, and plastics are carried out. The city center is a port and commercial district, and modern residential areas spread out on the hillsides around it. It is the location of the Federal University of Santa Catarina (1960). It is connected by road to major coastal cities on the mainland, such as Blumenau and Joinville. Population: 254,944 (1991 estimate).

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Japanese:

ブラジル南部，サンタカタリナ州の州都。サンパウロの南南西約 480km，大西洋上のサンタカタリナ島にある港湾都市で，狭い水路をへだてて相対する本土と吊橋で結ばれる。 1542年スペイン人が同島に最初のヨーロッパ人集落を建設し，島を領有したが，1675年ポルトガル領となった。現在の市は 1700年に建設された集落に始り，初めデステロ Desterroと呼ばれた。 1893年ブラジル大統領フロリアノ・ペイショットに対する反乱軍に占領されたが，まもなく反乱が鎮圧され，大統領にちなんで現在名に改称。同州の商業中心地で，金属，電機，医薬品，プラスチックなどの工業が行われる。市中心部は港湾・商業地区で，そのまわりに丘の斜面にかけて近代的な住宅地区が広がる。サンタカタリナ連邦大学 (1960) 所在地。本土沿岸部の主要都市ブルメナウ，ジョインビレなどと道路で連絡。人口 25万 4944 (1991推計) 。

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