Launceston (English spelling)

Japanese: ローンセストン（英語表記）Launceston

A city in the northeast of Tasmania, Australia. It is located 65 km upstream from the mouth of the long, narrow inlet-like Tama River. It is the central city in the north of the state. It was founded in 1806 as the state's second settlement after Hobart. It is a distribution and processing center for agricultural produce, fruit, and dairy products produced in the Tama River basin to the north, and has a variety of industries including woolen textiles and automobiles. As the main port in the north, it exports wood chips overseas, and has a particularly large trade with Melbourne. There is an aluminum smelter and a wood chip factory in Bell Bay on the right bank of the downstream Tama River. Population: 62,506 (1991 estimate).

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Japanese:

オーストラリア，タスマニア州北東部の都市。細長い入江状のテーマー川を河口から 65kmさかのぼった地点に位置。同州北部の中心都市。 1806年，ホーバートに次ぐ同州第2の入植地として建設。北に広がるテーマー川流域で生産される農産物，果実，酪製品の集散・加工地で，毛織物，自動車車両はじめ各種工業がある。北部の主要港湾で，海外へ木材チップを輸出するほか，特にメルボルンとの移出入が多い。テーマー川下流右岸のベルベイにはアルミニウム精錬所と木材チップ工場がある。人口6万 2506 (1991推計) 。

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