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Kandos is a small town in New South Wales, Australia, in the Mid-Western Regional Council. It is located on the Bylong Valley Way. At the 2011 census, Kandos had a population of 1,284 people.〔 The main non-agricultural industry was the production of cement, however, the cement manufacturing facility and associated limestone quarry ( both operated by Cement Australia) was closed in September 2011. Centennial coal is another major production (coal) in the Kandos region, but closed in mid March 2014. The town contains the northern-most Field Support Centre of Endeavour Energy.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.endeavourenergy.com.au/wps/wcm/connect/EE/NSW/NSW+Homepage/ourNetworkNav/Our+network+area )〕 ==History== It was established in 1913, when the New South Wales Cement Lime and Coal Company was set up to take advantage of local supplies of limestone, which was lifted from the quarries by an enormous aerial ropeway.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.visitmudgeeregion.com.au/WhatsOn/MustSeeDo/kandos )〕 The town was originally named Candos, an acronym of the Board of NSW Cement, Lime and Coal Co Ltd.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.mudgeehistory.com.au/rylstone_kandos/rylstone_kandos1.html )〕 In 1915, the name Candos was considered too similar to Chandos in South Australia, and the name was changed to Kandos, the name was registered with the NSW Registrar General.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.mudgeehistory.com.au/rylstone_kandos/rylstone_kandos2.html )〕 In 2011, Cement Australia announced the closure of the Kandos cement works, with the loss of 98 jobs to follow.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.manmonthly.com.au/news/cement-australia-blames-taxes-for-kandos-factory-c )〕 In February 2014, due to depleted coal reserves, Centennial Coal announced plans to close underground coal mining in the next month, while open cut mining would continue until 2015.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.centennialcoal.com.au/News/~/media/Files/News/Centennial%20News%20Column/2014/Mudgee%20Guardian/Mudgee%20Guardian%20February%202014.ashx )〕 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「Kandos, New South Wales」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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