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Alpena is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Alpena County.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 It is considered to be part of northern Michigan. The Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary is located in the city. The population was 10,483 at the 2010 census. The population swells with a large number of visitors in the summer. Despite its small population, it is by far the largest city in the sparsely populated Northeast Michigan (lower peninsula) area, serving as its commercial and cultural hub. It is considered to be one of the two anchor cities of Northern Michigan, along with Traverse City. The Alpena Regional Medical Center is a federally designated rural regional medical referral center, and is the largest employer in the city.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Alpena Regional Medical Center - Main )〕 ==Development== It was originally part of Anomickee County founded in 1840, which in 1843 was changed to Alpena, a pseudo-Native American word — a neologism coined by Henry Schoolcraft, meaning something like "a good partridge country."〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Clarke Historical Library, Central Michigan University )〕 This was part of a much larger effort to rename a great many of the Michigan counties at the time.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Michigan government on place names )〕 The region, known as the "Sunrise Side" from its location on the east shoreline of Michigan, was first a site of commercial fishing activity and is still home to extensive commercial fishing activities. Later the region, like much of Michigan, was shaped by the logging era of the 1800s. Today, Alpena is known for its limestone quarry, one of the largest in the world, owned and operated by the Lafarge corporation and is a major cement manufacturer and exporter. While at one time the largest in the world, the cement plant is now just the largest cement plant for Lafarge in North America with an annual capacity of almost 3 million tons of cement.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Michigan Historical Markers )〕 Alpena is also the world headquarters of Besser Company, a manufacturer of concrete block machines. Tourism (fishing, hunting, camping and a variety of water sports) is also important to Alpena's economy. In February 2007 Bizjournals ranked Alpena as the hottest retirement destination in the Great Lakes area〔(Bizjournal retirement ranking, Great Lakes )〕 and #44 nationally.〔(Bizjournal retirement ranking, national ) 〕 The city has a number of notable buildings, including the Art deco Alpena County Courthouse and Temple Beth El, one of the oldest synagogues in the United States. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alpena, Michigan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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