Molise (English spelling)

Japanese: モリーゼ[州]（英語表記）Molise

A region in central Italy facing the Adriatic Sea. Area 4,438 km2, population 330,000 (1994). In 1963, it was separated from the Abruzzo and Molise regions and elevated to a region. It is made up of the provinces of Campobasso and Isernia, and 90% of the region is in highlands. The capital is Campobasso (population 48,291, 1981). The main industries are agriculture and livestock farming, with 46.6% of the working population engaged in this. In the 20 years from 1951 to 1971, 21% of the total population left the region to work. In the Middle Ages, it was part of the Lombard Duchy of Benevento, and during the Norman Kingdom of Sicily it became the Comitatus Molisii administrative region, which is the basis for today's regional divisions.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

イタリア中部，アドリア海に面する州。面積4438km2，人口33万(1994)。1963年の法律によりアブルッツィ･エ･モリーゼ州から分離して州に昇格。カンポバッソ，イゼルニアの両県からなり，州の90％が高地である。州都はカンポバッソ(人口4万8291,1981)。農業，牧畜を主とし，労働人口の46.6％が従事。1951‐71年の20年間に全人口の21％が出稼ぎのため流出。中世にはランゴバルド族のベネベント公国領，ノルマン朝のシチリア王国時代にモリーゼ行政区Comitatus Molisiiとなり，今日の地方区分の基となる。

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