Rājshāhi (English spelling)

Japanese: ラージシャーヒ（英語表記）Rājshāhi

A city in western Bangladesh. It is the capital of Rajshahi state and the administrative seat of Rajshahi district. It is located about 70 km northwest of Kushtia, on the north bank of the Padma River, near the Indian border. In the early 18th century, the Dutch established a trading post here. During the British rule, it was called Rampurboara. It has long been a trading center for rice, jute, indigo (indigo dye), and other products. Today, industry is thriving, with agricultural product processing, lumbering, and match manufacturing plants, and silk supplied from nearby sericulture areas is famous as Rajshahi silk, which accounts for the majority of the country's production. It is home to the Sericulture Research Institute and Rajshahi University, which was established in 1953. Population: 299,671 (1991 estimate).

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Japanese:

バングラデシュ西部の都市。ラージシャーヒ州の州都。ラージシャーヒ県の行政庁所在地。クシュティア北西約 70km，パドマ川北岸，インド国境近くに位置。 18世紀初期，オランダ人が交易所を設置。イギリス統治時代はランプルボアラと呼ばれた。古くから米，ジュート，インジゴ (藍染料) などの交易中心地。現在は工業も盛んで，農産物加工，製材，マッチ製造工場などがあり，付近の養蚕地帯から供給される絹はラージシャーヒ絹として有名で，同国生産高の大部分を占める。養蚕研究所，1953年設立のラージシャーヒ大学がある。人口 29万 9671 (1991推計) 。

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