Gifu
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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
Retired Gifu streetcar
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.
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: 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.
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: 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)