Port Moresby (English spelling)

Japanese: ポート・モレスビー(英語表記)Port Moresby
Port Moresby (English spelling)
The capital of Papua New Guinea. It is located on the southeast coast of the island of New Guinea and forms the National Capital District. Its population was 193,000 (1990). In 1873, John Moresby discovered and named the port. It was a quiet port town, but after 1945 it developed rapidly as an administrative center and spread into the neighboring hills. Because it is in the shadow of the Owen Stanley Ranges, it is the region with the driest rainfall in the country (average annual rainfall is 1,195 mm). Almost all modern goods are available, the city is a place of many different races, and the government district in the east is lined with buildings.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
パプア・ニューギニア国の首都。ニューギニア島の南東岸にあり,首都管区を形成している。人口19万3000(1990)。1873年にジョン・モレスビーが港を発見,命名した。静かな港町であったが,1945年以後,行政の中心として急速に発展し,隣接する丘陵の方へと広がった。オーエン・スタンリー山脈の山影に入るため,国中で最も降水量の少ない地域となっている(年平均降水量1195mm)。近代的な物資はほとんどすべて手に入り,町にはさまざまな人種が行きかい,東部の官庁街はビルが林立する。

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