Mahalla el-Kubra (English spelling) al-Maḥalla al-Kubrā

Japanese: マハッラ・エル・クブラ(英語表記)al‐Maḥalla al‐Kubrā
Mahalla el-Kubra (English spelling) al-Maḥalla al-Kubrā
A city located in the center of the Nile Delta in northern Egypt, roughly halfway between Tanta and Mansoura. Population 408,000 (1992). During the Coptic period it was called Dakla, and commercial activity began to flourish around the 13th century. Today it is a representative city in the grain-producing region, trading agricultural products, and spinning mills and agricultural product processing plants have been built, and it continues to develop as a center of light industry. Cotton and silk thread are famous specialties. [Yoshimura Sakuji]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
エジプト北部,ナイル・デルタ地帯の中央部,タンターとマンスーラのほぼ中間にある都市。人口40万8000(1992)。コプト時代にはダクラDaklaと呼ばれ13世紀ころから商業が盛んになった。現在では穀倉地帯の代表的都市として農産物が取引され,紡績工場や農産物加工工場なども建設され,軽工業の中心地として発展を続けている。木綿糸や絹糸が特産品として有名である。【吉村 作治】

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