An industrial city in the northeastern part of New Jersey, USA. Population 61,000 (1990). Located at the southern tip of the peninsula between New York and Newark, it is connected to Staten Island by the Bayern Bridge (511m long). Its main industrial activity is refining petroleum delivered by pipeline from the oil fields in the southwestern United States. There is a large dock and supply base for the US Navy. A settlement was established by the Dutch around 1650, and it became a British colony in 1664. It was incorporated as a city in 1869. Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information |
アメリカ合衆国ニュージャージー州北東部の工業都市。人口6万1000(1990)。ニューヨークとニューアークの間にある半島の南端に位置し,スタテン島とはベヨーン橋(長さ511m)で結ばれる。合衆国南西部の油田地帯からパイプラインで送られてくる石油の精製が主要な工業活動である。合衆国海軍の大規模なドックや補給基地がある。1650年ごろオランダ人によって集落が建設され,64年にイギリス領となった。1869年市制。
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