Emmen (English spelling)

Japanese: エメン（英語表記）Emmen

A city in the province of Drenthe in the northeast of the Netherlands. Situated on a moraine hill, it was the base for the development of the surrounding peatlands in the 19th century. After 1920, as peat mining declined, unemployment increased, but after World War II, industries such as various synthetic fibers, metal processing, chemicals, and lumber were established, and it developed rapidly, becoming the largest city in Drenthe. In addition to a zoo and a museum, there are prehistoric ruins made of rounded gravel carried by glaciers in the vicinity, and there are oil and natural gas fields near the border with Germany to the south. Population: 93,107 (1992 estimate).

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Japanese:

オランダ北東部，ドレンテ州の都市。氷堆石の丘陵上に位置し，19世紀に行われた周辺部の泥炭地開拓の拠点。 1920年以降，泥炭採掘業が衰えると失業者が増大したが，第2次世界大戦後は各種合成繊維，金属加工，化学，製材などの工業が立地し，急速に発展，ドレンテ州第1の都市になった。動物園，博物館のほか，付近には氷河が運んできた円礫でつくられた先史時代の遺跡があり，南方のドイツとの国境付近には油田，天然ガス田がある。人口9万 3107 (1992推計) 。

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