Lobito - Lobito (English spelling)

Japanese: ロビト - ろびと(英語表記)Lobito
Lobito - Lobito (English spelling)

A port city in western Angola, southwestern Africa. It faces Lobito Bay on the Atlantic Ocean. Population: 59,528 (1970 census), 134,600 (2002 estimate). While Benguela, located immediately to the south, has been a port town since ancient times, Lobito was merely a small fishing village until the early 20th century. In 1903, British man Robert Williams began construction of a railway to Lobito to ship mineral products from Katanga in the Belgian Congo (now Katanga Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo), which was completed in 1927 (Benguela Railway). Since then, it has developed rapidly, becoming an export port for mineral products as well as coffee, sisal, cotton, etc.

[Nobuyuki Hashimoto]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

アフリカ南西部、アンゴラ西部の港湾都市。大西洋のロビト湾に臨む。人口5万9528(1970センサス)、13万4600(2002推計)。すぐ南に位置するベンゲラが古くからの港町であったのに対して、ロビトは20世紀初頭までは小漁村にすぎなかった。1903年、イギリス人のロバート・ウィリアムズが、ベルギー領コンゴのカタンガ(現コンゴ民主共和国のカタンガ州)の鉱産物を積み出すため、ロビトまでの鉄道建設を開始、27年完成した(ベンゲラ鉄道)。以後飛躍的な発展を遂げ、鉱産物のほかコーヒー、サイザル麻、綿花などの輸出港となった。

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