Porto Velho (English spelling)

Japanese: ポルト･ベーリョ（英語表記）Porto Velho

The capital of the Rondônia Territory in western Brazil. Population 226,198 (1991). It is a river port facing the Madeira River, a tributary of the Amazon River, and the city's name means "old port." It is about 100 meters above sea level. There is a paved road (878 km) to Manaus. It is about 1,400 km south to Cuiabá. It is 160 km from the Bolivian border. There is an airport. During the rubber boom at the end of the 19th century, the Madeira-Mamoré Railway was built to the border town of Guajara-Mirim, avoiding the waterfalls on the Madeira River, in order to transport rubber to Bolivia (famous for the difficult construction work that resulted in many deaths).

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

ブラジル西部，ロンドニア準州の州都。人口22万6198(1991)。アマゾン川の支流マデイラ川に面する河港で，市名は〈古い港〉の意。標高約100m。マナウスまで舗装道路(878km)が通ずる。南はクイアバまで約1400km。ボリビア国境まで160km。空港がある。19世紀末のゴム景気のとき，ボリビア側にゴムを搬出するため，マデイラ川にかかる滝をさけて，国境の町グアジャラ･ミリンまでマデイラ･マモレ鉄道が建設された(多くの死者をだした難工事で有名)。

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