Pécs (English spelling)

Japanese: ペーチュ（英語表記）Pécs

The capital of Baranya County in southern Hungary. It is one of the five largest cities in Hungary, and the second largest city west of the Danube after Szeged. It has a population of 172,000 (1994). It is an educational, cultural and industrial center, as well as a tourist destination. In Roman times, it was called Sopianae and was the center of southern Pannonia, and a key location for trade and military routes. Christianity was introduced to the city during this period. It later came under the rule of the Huns and Avars, and in the 9th century it was ruled by the Frankish Kingdom, and in 847 it became part of the Kingdom of Moravia.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

ハンガリー南部，バラニャ県の県都。ハンガリー五大都市の一つで，ドナウ川以西ではセゲドにつぐ大都市。人口17万2000(1994)。教育，文化，工業の中心地で，観光地でもある。ローマ時代にはソピアナエSopianaeとよばれ南パンノニアの中心地で，通商，軍路の要地。この時代にキリスト教が入った。その後，フン族，アバール族の支配下に入り，9世紀にはフランク王国に支配され，847年にモラビア王国に属した。

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