Rawalpindi (English spelling)

Japanese: ラーワルピンディー(英語表記)Rāwalpindī
Rawalpindi (English spelling)
A city on the Potwal Plateau in the northwestern tip of Punjab province in northern Pakistan. Population 928,000 (1981). Bounded on the east and west by the Punjab plains and the Khyber Pass, and a junction of roads to the northern mountainous region, it occupies a strategic and transport hub. A vast cantonment stretches out on the southern outskirts of the old city, and during the British era it was the largest military garrison in British India in preparation for Russia's southward expansion policy. Pakistan Army Headquarters is still located here. The city's history dates back to before the 14th century, but it developed only after it became a British colony in 1849.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
パキスタン北部,パンジャーブ州北西端のポトワル台地上の都市。人口92万8000(1981)。パンジャーブ平原とハイバル峠を東西に擁し,かつ北方の山岳地帯への道路の分岐点という交通上・戦略上の要衝を占める。旧市の南郊には広大な兵営地区(カントンメント)が広がり,英領時代にはロシアの南下政策にそなえる英領インド最大の軍事駐屯地であった。現在もパキスタン陸軍総司令部が置かれている。市の歴史は14世紀以前にさかのぼるが,発展したのは1849年の英領化以降である。

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