Ranchi (English spelling)

Japanese: ラーンチー（英語表記）Rānchī

Ranchi is a mining and industrial city in the southern part of Bihar state in northeastern India. It is the administrative capital of the Ranchi district. It is located at an altitude of 660m on the eastern part of the Chotanagpur Plateau. With the Chotanagpur Plateau, the richest in mineral resources in the country, close to the plateau, it developed into a heavy industrial city after independence. In particular, from the 1960s, the Coal Corporation and the Hindustan Iron and Steel Company moved in and produced locomotives and other large machinery. Cotton and tea are traded and silk textiles are produced. It is home to Ranchi University and is the center of education and research in the Chotanagpur region. Population: 598,498 (1991).

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Japanese:

インド北東部，ビハール州南部の鉱工業都市。ラーンチー県の行政庁所在地。チョタナーグプル高原の東部，ラーンチー高原の標高 660mに位置。同国一の豊かな鉱物資源に恵まれたチョタナーグプル高原を控え，独立後，重工業都市として発展。特に 1960年代からは石炭公社やヒンドゥスタン鉄鋼会社が進出し，機関車をはじめ大型機械を生産。綿花，茶の取引と絹織物の生産も行われる。ラーンチー大学があり，チョタナーグプル地方の教育，研究の中心地。人口 59万 8498 (1991) 。

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