Bengbu - Bengbu

Japanese: 蚌埠 - ほうふ
Bengbu - Bengbu

A prefecture-level city in the northern part of Anhui Province, China. It is a commercial and industrial city located on the south bank of the Huai River, and has jurisdiction over four city districts and three counties (as of 2016). Its population was 3,656,418 (2010). According to the "Yugong," the name Bengbu comes from the fact that the Yi people, who used to base themselves here, used to collect clams (a type of clam) and get pearls. It was originally a small market village called Bengbuji in Fengyang County, but after the Shinpo Line (now the Beijing-Shu Line) was completed in 1911, it developed into a key location connecting north-south transportation and Huai River water transport, and a city was established in 1947.

The city is home to thriving industries including machinery, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, electronics, and building materials. It has long been the center of land and water transportation and distribution of goods in the Huai River basin, and the surrounding rural areas are producers of rice, wheat, millet, peanuts, sesame, etc. It is also the center of the Huai River flood control project and a distribution center for timber transported from upstream.

[Kazuo Hayashi, Editorial Department, July 19, 2017]

[Reference items] | Anhui (province) | Jinghu Line

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

中国、安徽(あんき)省北部の地級市。淮河(わいが)の南岸に位置する商工業都市で、4市轄区、3県を管轄する(2016年時点)。人口365万6418(2010)。蚌埠の名は『禹貢(うこう)』によると、昔ここを拠点としていた夷(い)族が蚌(ハマグリの一種)を採取して、珠(たま)をとっていたことにちなむという。もとは鳳陽(ほうよう)県の蚌歩集(ほうほしゅう)という小さな市場集落であったが、1911年に津浦(しんぽ)線(現、京滬(けいこ)線)が全通すると南北交通と淮河水運とを結ぶ要衝として発展し、1947年に市が設けられた。

 機械、化学、製薬、電子、建築材料などの工業が盛ん。古くから淮河流域の水陸交通と物資集散の中心であり、周辺農村は米、小麦、雑穀、ラッカセイ、ゴマなどの産地である。また淮河治水事業の中心であり、上流から運搬される木材の集散地でもある。

[林 和生・編集部 2017年7月19日]

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