Rio Branco (English spelling)

Japanese: リオ・ブランコ(英語表記)Rio Branco
Rio Branco (English spelling)
The capital of Acre State in northwest Brazil. Population 167,457 (1991). Close to the border with Bolivia. 581 km to Porto Velho and 3,132 km to Brasilia by national road. The Trans-Amazon Highway passes through here before reaching the Peruvian border. It is the center of the rubber and Brazilian chestnut industries, and is home to the Municipal Tropical Plant Research Station and a base for forest resource conservation. [Nishikawa Daijiro]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
ブラジル北西部,アクレ州の州都。人口16万7457(1991)。ボリビア国境に近い。国道でポルト・ベーリョへ581km,ブラジリアへ3132km。トランス・アマゾン・ハイウェーが当地を経由してペルー国境へ達している。ゴム,ブラジル栗の採取産業の中心で,市立熱帯植物試験場があり,森林資源保全の拠点。【西川 大二郎】

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