Manokwari (English spelling)

Japanese: マノクワリ(英語表記)Manokwari
Manokwari (English spelling)
A port town on the northeastern tip of the Cendrawasih (Dobelai) Peninsula in the western part of New Guinea Island, Indonesia. It is a good port located north of the small Dore Bay, but it is not a very healthy place due to its high temperature and humidity. British merchants came to the town at the end of the 18th century to collect spices, and from 1855 German missionaries used it as a missionary base. Since 1896 it has been the seat of the Dutch local government in the northwestern part of New Guinea. Currently, it is home to a small shipyard, a sawmill, an agricultural experiment station, and more. It was a battlefield during the Pacific War. [Betsuki Atsuhiko]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
インドネシア,ニューギニア島西部,チェンドラワシ(ドベライ)半島北東端の港町。小さなドレ湾の北にある良港であるが,高温多湿のためあまり健康地ではない。18世紀末にイギリス商人が香料収集のため来住し,1855年からはドイツ宣教師団が布教基地とした。96年以降ニューギニア北西部地方でのオランダ地方政庁の所在地とされた。現在は小造船所,製材所,農業試験場などが置かれる。太平洋戦争で戦場となった。【別技 篤彦】

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