Bogor - Bogor (English spelling)

Japanese: ボゴール - ぼごーる(英語表記)Bogor
Bogor - Bogor (English spelling)

A city in the west of Java, Indonesia. It is located 50 km south of Jakarta, at an altitude of 265 m in the valley between the volcanoes Salak (2,211 m) and Gede (2,958 m). Population: 247,409 (1980), 5,162,044 (2018 estimate). Although it receives a lot of precipitation, exceeding 4,000 mm per year, the temperature is lower than Jakarta and is more bearable. During the Dutch colonial period, it was opened in 1745 as a place to escape the heat of Jakarta, and was named Bui tenzorg (Peaceful Land) after the establishment of the Governor's House and a tropical botanical garden. Since then, it has been the largest white residential area on the island. The Bogor Botanical Gardens, established in 1817, are one of the largest in the world, cultivating nearly 10,000 species of plants, and are equipped with a leaf museum, a library, and a tropical plant cultivation center. After World War II, Bogor Agricultural University was founded around these facilities. Recently, the number of people commuting to Jakarta by national railway has increased. The area around Puncak Pass (1,060 meters) east of Bogor has been developed as a high-altitude resort, with villas and bungalows scattered about.

[Atsuhiko Bekki]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

インドネシア、ジャワ島西部の都市。ジャカルタの南50キロメートル、サラク(2211メートル)、ゲデ(2958メートル)両火山の裾合谷(すそあいだに)の標高265メートルに位置する。人口24万7409(1980)、516万2044(2018推計)。降水量が多く年間4000ミリメートルを超えるが、気温はジャカルタより低くしのぎやすい。オランダ植民地時代の1745年にジャカルタの暑熱を避ける土地として開かれ、総督官邸や熱帯植物園が設けられてボイテンゾルフBui tenzorg(無憂境)と命名され、以来同島最大の白人居住区であった。1817年に設立されたボゴール植物園は世界的にも有数の規模をもつもので、1万種に近い植物が栽培され、さく葉館、図書館や熱帯実用植物栽培場が併設されている。第二次世界大戦後、これらの施設を中心にボゴール農業大学が創立された。最近は国鉄によるジャカルタへの通勤者も多くなっている。なお、ボゴール東方のプンチャク峠(1060メートル)一帯はさらに高地の休養地として開かれ、別荘やバンガローが点在する。

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