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孟菲斯(Memphis),美国田纳西州最大城市,密西西比河河港。创建于1819年,总面积763.4平方公里,总人口约为90万人。在美国东南部排名第二、次于佛罗里达州杰克逊维尔,是全美国第17大城市。孟菲斯位于密西西比河岸边、下契卡索陡岸(Chickasaw Bluff)上,狼河(WolfRiver)的河口。孟菲斯是美国重要的交通枢纽和运输业中心,该市拥有世界上最繁忙的货运机场,是美国联邦快递公司总部所在地,也是主要制造业的中心,以发展纺织、取暖设备、钢琴、汽车零部件为主。铁路、公路、航空交通枢纽,农畜产品的大集散地,尤以棉花、棉籽油、硬木的大市场著名。从1931年起,每年5月举行棉花狂欢节。上世纪四五十年代的孟菲斯,汇集了福音音乐、布鲁斯、节奏布鲁斯以及西部摇摆等各种音乐流派,被誉为“布鲁斯音乐
Memphis, the largest city in the United States, Tennessee, Mississippi river port. Founded in 1819, with a total area of 763.4 square kilometers, the total population of about 90 million. Second in the southeastern United States, second in Jacksonville, Florida, is the 17th largest city in the United States. Memphis is located on the banks of the Mississippi River, down the Chickasaw Bluff, at the mouth of the Wolf River. Memphis is an important transportation hub and hub for transportation in the United States, home to the world’s busiest cargo airport and home to Federal Express headquarters and a major manufacturing hub for textiles, heating equipment, piano, car parts Mainly. Railway, highway, air transport hub, a large distribution center of agricultural and livestock products, especially cotton, cottonseed oil, hardwood famous big market. Since 1931, a cotton carnival is held every May. Memphis in the 1940s and 1950s, bringing together a variety of music genres, such as Gospel Music, Bruce, R & B, and Western Silence, and is known as ”Bruce Music