Gifu
Gifu (岐阜市, Gifu-shi) is a city in the Chūbu region of Japan on the island of Honshu.[4] It is the capital city of Gifu Prefecture.[5]
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岐阜市 | |
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 Flag ![[1]](/wiki/File:Emblem_of_Gifu,_Gifu.svg) Seal | |
 Location of Gifu in Gifu Prefecture | |
| Coordinates: 35°25′23.6″N 136°45′38.8″E / 35.423222°N 136.760778°ECoordinates: 35°25′23.6″N 136°45′38.8″E / 35.423222°N 136.760778°E | |
| Country | Japan |
| Region | Chūbu |
| Prefecture | Gifu |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Shigemitsu Hosoe |
| Area | |
| • Total | 203.60 km2 (78.61 sq mi) |
| Population (December 1, 2017) | |
| • Total | 411,722 [2] |
| Time zone | UTC+9 (Japan Standard Time) |
| City symbols | |
| - Tree | Japanese Chinquapin [3] |
| - Flower | Scarlet Sage[3] |
| Phone number | 0581-22-2111 |
| Address | 18 Imazawa-chō, Gifu-shi, Gifu-ken 500-8701 |
| Website | Official website |
It has been recognized as a core city since 1996.[6]
Gifu Media
Nagara River flowing through Gifu
Mount Kinka (formerly Mount Inaba)
Gifu Earthquake Memorial Hall
Gifu City Hall in Gifu Preferture, Japan
Gifu University, Gifu, Japan.
Retired Gifu streetcar
Cormorant fishing on the Nagara River
THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS,GIFU（w:ja:岐阜県美術館）,Gifu,Gifu,Japan（岐阜県岐阜市）で撮影。外観。
A float in the Dōsan Festival
Flag Art Exhibition in Gifu, Gifu, Gifu, Japan
Various Gifu city views seen from Gifu City Tower 43 (2022)
References
- ↑ This official symbol pays homage to Gifu's original name, Inokuchi (井口).
- ↑ "Gifu City official home page" (in Japanese). City of Gifu. 1 December 2017. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 "市のシンボル（市章、市の花・木）". City of Gifu Official Web Site (in Japanese). City of Gifu. Archived from the original on 26 December 2017. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ Deal, William E. (2005). Handbook to Life in Medieval and Early Modern Japan, p. 70.
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Gifu" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 246; "Chūbu" at p. 126.
- ↑ Jacobs, A.J. "Japan's Evolving Nested Municipal Hierarchy: The Race for Local Power in the 2000s," Urban Studies Research, Vol. 2011 (2011), p. 8 [PDF 8 of 14]; retrieved 2012-12-5.
Other websites
Media related to Gifu at Wikimedia Commons
- http://www.city.gifu.lg.jp/c/19110106/19110106.html Archived 2012-08-30 at the Wayback Machine; (in Japanese)
