Beira (English spelling)

Japanese: ベイラ（英語表記）Beira

A port city facing the Indian Ocean in central-eastern Mozambique. It is the administrative capital of Sofala Province. It was built in 1891 as the base of the Portuguese Mozambique Company, and has developed rapidly since the 1910s when it was connected by rail to the coal-producing areas of Tete Province in the northwest as a coal supply port for ships. It is the starting point of the African continental railway, and is important as an outlet to the Indian Ocean from central Africa, connecting it to Angola, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, and other countries. It is a major port for Zimbabwe and Malawi in particular. Its main exports are sugar, corn, tea, cotton, leather, as well as chrome ore from Zimbabwe, copper, zinc, and tobacco, and its imports include petroleum, fertilizer, wheat, railway parts, automobiles, and textile products. Population: 298,847 (1991 estimate).

Beira
Beyla

A town in southeastern Guinea. It is located about 200 km south-southeast of Kankan. It was founded in the early 13th century as a trading post for slaves and kola nuts. It is now a distribution center for rice, tobacco, coffee, cattle, palm oil, palm kernels, etc. There are diamond mines to the west and iron ore deposits on Mount Simandou to the north. Population 10,970 (1983 estimate).

Beira
Beira

A region in north-central Portugal, stretching from the banks of the Douro River to the upper Tagus River basin. It was recaptured from the Moors in the 8th century, but their attacks continued into the 15th century. It includes the provinces of Aveiro, Coimbra, Viseu, Guarda, and Castelo Branco.

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Japanese:

モザンビーク中東部，インド洋にのぞむ港湾都市。ソファラ県の行政庁所在地。 1891年ポルトガルのモザンビーク会社の根拠地として建設され，1910年代に船舶への石炭補給港として北西部のテテ県の産炭地と鉄道で結ばれて以来急速に発展。アフリカ大陸横断鉄道の起点で，アンゴラ，南アフリカ共和国，ジンバブエ，ザンビア，コンゴ民主共和国，マラウイなどと結ばれ，アフリカ中部のインド洋への出口として重要。特にジンバブエとマラウイにとっては主要港となっている。おもな輸出品は砂糖，トウモロコシ，茶，綿花，皮革のほか，ジンバブエのクロム鉱石，銅，亜鉛，タバコなどで，輸入品は石油，肥料，小麦，鉄道部品，自動車，繊維製品など。人口 29万 8847 (1991推計) 。