Bengkulu (English spelling)

Japanese: ベンクル(英語表記)Bengkulu
Bengkulu (English spelling)
A port city on the west coast of southern Sumatra, Indonesia. Capital of the province of the same name. Population 146,000 (1990). Originally called Bangkaur, it was under the control of the local indigenous nobility. In the early 17th century, pepper cultivation spread to the west coast of Sumatra, and Bengkulu flourished as the pepper shipping port for the region. At one time it was under the control of the Banten Kingdom in West Java. Of the European powers engaged in the pepper trade at the time, the British, who had been barred from the Minangkabau region of central Sumatra by the Dutch, made an agreement with the local nobility in 1685 and established a settlement here.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
インドネシア,スマトラ南部西海岸の港市。同名州の州都。人口14万6000(1990)。元来バンカウルと呼ばれ,周辺土着貴族の支配下にあった。17世紀初頭,スマトラ西海岸地方にコショウ栽培が普及し,ベンクルはこの地方一帯のコショウ積出港として栄えた。一時,西ジャワのバンテン王国の支配を受けたこともある。当時コショウ貿易に従事していたヨーロッパ列強のうち,オランダによりスマトラ中部のミナンカバウ地域から閉め出されたイギリスは,1685年に土着貴族と協定を結び,この地に居住地を設けた。

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