Posadas (English spelling)

Japanese: ポサダス（英語表記）Posadas

The capital of the province of Misiones, in the northeastern corner of Argentina. It is a river port city located on the south bank of the Paraná River, which forms the border with Paraguay, about 800 km north-northeast of the capital Buenos Aires. It started as a trading post for Paraguayans and was originally called Trinchera de los Paraguayos, but after the Paraguayan War (1864-70), it became Argentine territory and was renamed to its current name in 1879. It is a shipping port for the agricultural and forestry region that spreads behind it, and distributes rice, tobacco, corn, mate tea (Paraguayan tea), citrus fruits, livestock, and timber. The city is home to industries such as lumber and wood processing, as well as meat, flour, mate tea processing, and textiles. There are many ruins of Jesuit mission settlements registered as cultural heritage sites in the surrounding area, including San Ignacio Mini, and it is also a tourist base for the famous Iguazu Falls, so it is a popular tourist destination. The city is connected to the Argentine railway network by ferry to Encarnación on the opposite bank of the Paraná River. Population: 219,824 (1991 estimate).

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Japanese:

アルゼンチン北東端部，ミシオネス州の州都。首都ブエノスアイレスの北北東約 800km，パラグアイとの国境をなすパラナ川の南岸に位置する河港都市。パラグアイ人の交易所として始まり，初めトリンチェラデロスパラグアヨス Trinchera de los Paraguayosと呼ばれたが，パラグアイ戦争 (1864～70) ののちアルゼンチン領となり，1879年現在名に改称された。背後に広がる農林業地帯の積出港で，米，タバコ，トウモロコシ，マテ茶 (パラグアイ茶) ，柑橘類，家畜，木材などを集散し，市内には製材，木材加工を中心に，食肉，製粉，マテ茶加工，繊維などの工業が立地する。周辺にはサン・イグナシオ・ミニをはじめ，世界遺産の文化遺産に登録されているイエズス会の伝道集落の跡が多数あり，また有名なイグアス滝への観光基地ともなっているため，観光客が多い。パラナ川対岸のエンカルナシオンとの間にはフェリーが就航し，アルゼンチン，パラグアイ両国の鉄道網を結んでいる。人口 21万 9824 (1991推計) 。

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