Medellin (English spelling)

Japanese: メデリン（英語表記）Medellín

The capital of Antioquia State in northwestern Colombia. It is also called Medellin. It is located about 250 km northwest of the capital Bogota, in the central Andes mountain range, in a small valley where the Porce River, a member of the Magdalena River system, flows, at an altitude of about 1,500 m. It is an old town that was built in 1675 as a mining center, and still exports gold and other products. Because it was geographically isolated in the mountains, development was hindered for a long time, but it began to develop rapidly after the railway was established in the 19th century, and it became a major distribution center for the surrounding coffee-growing areas. In the 20th century, industry developed due to the cheap availability of hydroelectric power, and it is now one of the country's leading industrial cities, and the textile industry in particular accounts for the majority of the country's textile production. Other major industries include food, woodworking, metals, automobiles, chemicals, and rubber. The population also increased rapidly with industrialization, and it is now the second largest city in the country after Bogota, with satellite cities such as Veyo, Itagui, and Envigado formed in the surrounding area. It is also the second most culturally important city after Bogota, and is home to many higher education and research institutions, including the University of Antioquia (1803), as well as museums, libraries, and theaters. The city has been modernized, and few of the old colonial buildings remain, but it is an extremely beautiful industrial city, known for its many flowers, and exports orchids and other plants. It is now a key transportation hub, with a railway, four roads, and an international airport. It is also a center for cocaine smuggling, which has become an international problem, and terrorist attacks in response to government crackdowns have been occurring one after another. Population: 1,431,462 (1985).

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Japanese:

コロンビア北西部，アンティオキア州の州都。メデジンともいう。首都ボゴタの北西約 250km，アンデスの中部山脈中，マグダレナ川水系のポルセ川が流れる小さな谷にあり，標高約 1500m。 1675年鉱業中心地として建設された古い町で，現在でも金などを輸出する。山間にあって地理的に孤立していたため，長い間発展が妨げられてきたが，19世紀に鉄道が通じると急速に発展し始め，周辺のコーヒー栽培地帯の大集散地となった。 20世紀に入ると水力発電による電力が安価に利用できたこともあって工業が発達，現在同国有数の工業都市となっており，特に繊維工業は同国の繊維生産の大半を占める。その他の主要工業は食品，木工，金属，自動車，化学，ゴムなど。工業化に伴って人口も急速に増加，現在ボゴタに次ぐ同国第2の大都市で，周辺にベヨ，イタグイ，エンビガドなどの衛星都市が形成されている。またボゴタに次ぐ文化都市でもあり，市内にはアンティオキア大学 (1803) をはじめとする多くの高等教育・研究機関，博物館，図書館，劇場などがある。市街も近代化が進み，植民地時代の古い建物はほとんど残っていないが，工業都市としてはきわめて美しい町で，花の多いことで知られ，ランなどを輸出している。現在は交通の要地で，鉄道が通るほか，道路が四通，国際空港もある。また，コカイン密輸出の中心地となっており，国際的な問題となっているとともに，政府の取り締まりに対するテロも続出している。人口 143万 1462 (1985) 。

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