Benguela - Benguela (English spelling)

Japanese: ベンゲラ - べんげら(英語表記)Benguela
Benguela - Benguela (English spelling)

A city in the western part of Angola, in southwestern Africa. It is a port city facing the Atlantic Ocean. It has a population of 40,996 (1970 census), 131,400 (2002 estimate). Since the Portuguese built a fort in 1587 and founded the town in 1617, it has been an important commercial center, especially for the slave trade. The Benguela Railway, completed in 1927, started at Lobito, just to the north, so its port functions have declined, but it remains the administrative and commercial center of the Benguela region today. The Benguela Railway was connected to the Katanga Railway in the Belgian Congo (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo) in 1931, and was also connected to Zambia in 1975, but train services have been suspended and some areas have been closed due to the civil war after independence.

[Nobuyuki Hashimoto]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

アフリカ南西部、アンゴラ西部の都市。大西洋に面する港湾都市である。人口4万0996(1970センサス)、13万1400(2002推計)。1587年にポルトガルが砦(とりで)を築き、1617年に町を建設して以後、奴隷貿易をはじめとする重要な商業地であった。1927年に完成したベンゲラ鉄道は、すぐ北のロビトを起点としたため、港の機能は低下したが、今日でもベンゲラ地方の行政、商業の中心となっている。ベンゲラ鉄道は1931年ベルギー領コンゴ(現コンゴ民主共和国)のカタンガ鉄道とつながり、75年にはザンビアとも連絡したが、独立後の内戦の影響から列車の運行を停止、閉鎖しているところもある。

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