A city in southern Saskatchewan, Canada. Population 34,640 (1991). One of the central cities of the Canadian Prairies, known as a distribution center for wheat, beef cattle, and sheep. Flax is also grown nearby. The Canadian Pacific Railway and the Trans-Canada Highway (a transcontinental road) pass through the city, and it is also a key point on air routes. Industries such as flour milling, food processing, lumbering, and woolen textiles are also carried out. There are coalfields (brown coal) and sulfur mining sites nearby. [Masai Yasuo] Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information |
カナダ,サスカチェワン州南部の都市。人口3万4640(1991)。カナダ・プレーリーの中心都市の一つで,小麦や肉牛,羊の集散地として知られる。付近では亜麻も栽培される。カナダ・パシフィック鉄道,トランス・カナダ・ハイウェー(大陸横断道路)が通るほか,航空路の要点でもある。製粉,食品加工,製材,毛織物などの工業も行われる。近くに炭田(褐炭)や硫黄採掘場がある。【正井 泰夫】
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