Berbera (English spelling)

Japanese: ベルベラ（英語表記）Berbera

A port town on the Gulf of Aden in northwestern Somalia. Known to Arab geographers since ancient times, including Ibn Said, it was an Islamic settlement of the Adal Kingdom in the Middle Ages. In 1518, it was attacked by the Portuguese, and in the 17th century it was known as Sharif of Morcha, in 1875 it came under Egyptian control, and in 1884 it was under British control. It was the winter capital of British Somaliland until 1941. It is now a fishing base. A deep-water port was completed with the assistance of the Soviet Union in 1969, and the volume of cargo handled has increased since then. During the monsoon season from October to March, it is a bustling trading center for inland nomads who gather here with livestock, leather, dairy products, etc., and merchants who come from the Arabian Peninsula and India carrying dates, rice, cloth, metalwork, etc. Population: 70,000 (1985 estimate).

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Japanese:

ソマリア北西部，アデン湾にのぞむ港町。イブン・サイードをはじめ，古来アラブの地理学者に知られた町で，中世にはアダル王国のイスラム居留地。 1518年ポルトガル人が襲撃，17世紀にモチャのシャリーフ，1875年エジプト，84年イギリスの支配下に入り，1941年までイギリス領ソマリランドの冬季の首都。現在は漁業基地。 69年ソ連の援助で深水港が完成，以後荷役量が増加。 10月～3月のモンスーンの季節には家畜，皮革，乳製品などを持って集ってくる内陸の遊牧民と，デーツ，米，布，金物などを運んでアラビア半島やインドからやって来る商人の交易地としてにぎわう。人口7万 (1985推計) 。

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