Londrina (English spelling)

Japanese: ロンドリナ（英語表記）Londrina

A city in the northern part of Paraná state in southern Brazil. The central settlement is about 300 km northwest of the state capital, Curitiba. It was founded in 1930 by Japanese and German immigrants and rapidly developed as the center of the coffee-growing region. It is home to a large instant coffee factory, and is also active in the processing of agricultural and livestock products such as coffee, cotton, rice, and fruit, as well as papermaking and distilled liquor production. A railway line runs from São Paulo, about 450 km to the east, and the city is connected to the state capital by a major road. Population: 378,903 (1990 estimate).

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Japanese:

ブラジル南部，パラナ州北部の都市。中心集落は州都クリティバの北西約 300kmにある。 1930年日本人とドイツ人の移住者によって建設され，コーヒー栽培地帯の中心地として急速に発展した。大規模なインスタントコーヒー工場が立地するほか，コーヒー，綿花，米，果実などの農産物や畜産物の加工，製紙，蒸留酒製造などが盛ん。東約 450kmのサンパウロから鉄道が通じ，州都とは幹線道路で連絡。人口 37万 8903 (1990推計) 。

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