Ujiji - Ujiji (English spelling)

Japanese: ウジジ - うじじ(英語表記)Ujiji
Ujiji - Ujiji (English spelling)

A city on Lake Tanganyika in western Tanzania, in southeastern Africa. It has a population of about 12,000. In the first half of the 19th century, it was established as a stopover point for caravan trade from Zanzibar on the Indian Ocean coast to Congo via Nyamwezi. It is the center of Islam in the inland region, and Swahili culture thrives here. Together with nearby Kigoma, it is a fishing base on Lake Tanganyika. It is known as the place where explorer Stanley met the missing Livingstone in 1871.

[Ken Akasaka]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

アフリカ南東部、タンザニア西部のタンガニーカ湖に面する都市。人口約1万2000。19世紀前半に、インド洋岸のザンジバルからニャムエジを経てコンゴに至るキャラバン交易の中継地として開けた。内陸地方におけるイスラム教の中心地であり、スワヒリ文化が栄えている。近くのキゴマとともにタンガニーカ湖の漁業基地である。1871年探検家スタンリーが、行方不明のリビングストンと出会った地点として知られる。

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