Puntarenas (English spelling)

Japanese: プンタレナス（英語表記）Puntarenas

A city in northwestern Costa Rica. Capital of the province of the same name. It is a port city overlooking the Gulf of Nicoya in the Pacific Ocean, about 80 km west of the capital, San José, and sits on a long, narrow sandbar jutting into the bay. During the Spanish colonial period, it prospered through trade with Panama and South America. In 1814, the port facilities were improved, and in the 1940s, a road was completed from San José, making it a shipping port for coffee bound for Europe. Later, a railway was opened between the capital and the city, and it gradually became important as a shipping port for coffee and bananas, and as an import port from the United States. It is also Costa Rica's main fishing port, and has a fish canning and freezing factory, a ship repair factory, and other facilities. There is an international airport nearby. Population: 37,837 (1991 estimate).

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Japanese:

コスタリカ北西部の都市。同名州の州都。首都サンホセの西約 80km，太平洋のニコヤ湾にのぞむ港湾都市で，同湾内に突出する細長い砂嘴の上に位置する。スペイン植民地時代にはパナマや南アメリカとの交易で繁栄。 1814年港湾施設が改良され，40年代にはサンホセからの道路が完成し，ヨーロッパ向けのコーヒーの積出港となった。その後首都との間に鉄道も開通，コーヒーやバナナの積出港，アメリカ合衆国からの輸入港としても次第に重要となった。コスタリカの主要な漁港でもあり，魚の缶詰・冷凍工場，船舶修理工場などがある。近郊に国際空港がある。人口3万 7837 (1991推計) 。

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