Lancashire

Japanese: ランカシャー

A county in the northwest of England, United Kingdom. West of the Pennines, the Irish coast in the west is a fertile agricultural region. The north and east are hilly regions. Industrial areas such as Manchester are located in the southeast. Blessed with abundant coalfields, easy water transport, and a humid climate, it has become a world center of the cotton spinning industry since the Industrial Revolution. Iron ore is also produced on the Furness Peninsula overlooking Morecambe Bay, and heavy industries such as shipbuilding, machinery, chemicals, and metals are currently developed. In 1974, the administrative divisions of the county were reorganized, and the northwestern part of the county became part of Cumbria, and the southern part became part of Greater Manchester, Merseyside, and Cheshire, and parts of Yorkshire were incorporated in place of the county. Capital: Preston. ^{2,903 km2} . 1,171,339 people (2011).
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Japanese:

英国，イングランド北西部の州。ペニン山脈の西側で，西部のアイリッシュ海岸は肥沃な農業地帯。北部，東部は丘陵地帯。南東部にマンチェスターをはじめとする工業地帯が広がる。豊富な炭田，水運の便，湿潤な気候などの立地条件に恵まれ，産業革命以後，綿紡績工業の世界的な中心地となった。モアカム湾に臨むファーネス半島に鉄鉱石の産もあり，現在では造船，機械，化学，金属などの重工業も発展。1974年の行政区画の改編により，それまでの同州のうち，北西部はカンブリア州へ，南部はグレーター・マンチェスター，マージーサイド特別州，チェシャー州の三つに属するようになり，代わってそれまでのヨークシャー州の一部が編入された。州都プレストン。2903km²。117万1339人（2011）。
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