Akureyri (English spelling)

Japanese: アークレイリ（英語表記）Akureyri

Located in the north-central part of Iceland, on a sandbar and terraces at the back of Eyja Fjord, this is the central city of the country. The name of the city means "cultivated sandbar." It is a distribution center for the region's agricultural products, with a fishing port, a fish processing plant, a fish oil refinery, a wool factory, an agricultural market, as well as an ultra-modern church, an industrial school, an agricultural experiment station, and a botanical garden. It is 240 km northeast of the capital Reykjavik, and is served by regular air and bus routes. Population 14,436 (1991 estimate).

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Japanese:

アイスランド北部中央，エイヤ峡湾奥の砂州と段丘上にある同国北部の中心都市。地名は耕作される砂州という意味。この地方の農産物の集散地で，漁港を有し，魚加工場，魚油精製工場，羊毛工場，農産物市場などとともに超近代的な教会，工業学校，農業試験場，植物園などがある。首都レイキャビークの北東 240kmで，定期航空路や定期バスが通じている。人口1万 4436 (1991推計) 。

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