Gifu
Gifu Prefecture is a region in the central Chubu region of the main Japanese island Honshu, with around 2 million inhabitants.| Tap on the map to travel |
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Gifu
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Gifu is a city located in the south-central portion of Gifu Prefecture, Japan, and serves as the prefectural capital.
Takayama
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Takayama, sometimes called Hida-Takayama to distinguish it from other towns of the same name, is a city near the northern Japan Alps of Gifu prefecture, in the Chubu region of Japan.
Ogaki
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Ogaki is a small/mid-sized city located 10 minutes by train from Gifu City, the capital of Gifu Prefecture.
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Gujo
Gujō is a city located in Gifu, Japan. As of 1 February 2019, the city had an estimated population of 41,858, and a population density of 41 persons per km2, in 15,341 households.
Tajimi
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Tajimi is a city located in Gifu, Japan. As of 1 March 2020, the city had an estimated population of 110,070 in 46,580 households, and a population density of 1200 people per km2.
Nakatsugawa
Nakatsugawa is a city of 79,000 people in Gifu. The post town of Magome is also within Nagatsugawa, but covered in its own article.Hida
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Hida is a city located in Gifu, Japan. As of 1 December 2017, the city had an estimated population of 24,726, and a population density of 31 persons per km2, in 8,905 households.
Gero
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Gero, also known as Gero Onsen, is a hot spring town in Gifu Prefecture, Japan.
Toki
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Toki is a city located in Gifu, Japan. As of 31 January 2018, the city had an estimated population of 58,567 in 24485 households, and a population density of 500 persons per km2.
Ena
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Ena is a city located in Gifu, Japan. As of 1 June 2019, the city had an estimated population of 48,777, and a population density of 96.7 persons per km2, in 19,820 households.
Seki
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Seki is a city located in Gifu, Japan. As of 1 January 2019, the city had an estimated population of 89,020 and a population density of 190 persons per km2 in 35,366 households.
Mino
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Mino is a city located in Gifu, Japan. As of 31 December 2018, the city had an estimated population of 20,749 in 8149 households, and a population density of 180 persons per km2.
Magome
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Magome is a post town in Gifu. One of the most visited places in the Kiso Valley, Magome has been beautifully restored as an Edo Era post town and stone walkways line the town.
Sekigahara
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Sekigahara is a rural town at the western edge of Gifu Prefecture in the Chubu region of Japan.
Yoro
Yōrō is a small town in southwestern Gifu Prefecture, Japan nestled between the farming land of greater Nagoya and the mountains.
Yaotsu
Yaotsu is a town in south-central Gifu. Most of Yaotsu's attractions are related to Chiune Sugihara, a Japanese diplomat who saved thousands of Jews from the Holocaust by letting them flee to Japan.
Shirakawa-go
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Shirakawa-gō, formally Shirakawa-mura, is a historic village in Gifu.
Gifu
Latitude of centre
35.7867° or 35° 47' 12" northLongitude of centre
137.0461° or 137° 2' 46" eastPopulation
1,990,000Elevation
651 metres (2,136 feet)OpenStreetMap ID
node 3416105900OpenStreetMap Feature
place=provinceGeoNames ID
1863640Wikidata ID
Q131277Gifu Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Achinese: Prefektur Gifu
- Afrikaans: Gifu-prefektuur
- Afrikaans: Gifu Prefektuur
- Arabic: Gifu
- Arabic: غيفو
- Arabic: محافظة غيفو
- Armenian: Գիֆու (պրեֆեկտուրա)
- Armenian: Գիֆու
- Asturian: Gifu (Xapón)
- Asturian: Gifu (prefeutura)
- Asturian: Gifu
- Asturian: prefeutura de Gifu
- Azerbaijani: Gifu prefekturası
- Balinese: Préféktur Gifu
- Basque: Gifu
- Belarusian: Гіфу (прэфектура)
- Belarusian: Гіфу
- Belarusian: Прэфектура Гіфу
- Belarusian: прэфектура Гіфу
- Bengali: গিফু প্রশাসনিক অঞ্চল
- Bulgarian: Гифу
- Catalan: Prefectura de Gifu
- Catalan: prefectura de Gifu
- Cebuano: Gifu-ken
- Central Kurdish: گیفو
- Chechen: Гифу (префектура)
- Chechen: Гифу
- Chinese: Gihu-koān
- Chinese: 岐阜县
- Chinese: 岐阜県
- Chinese: 岐阜縣
- Crimean Tatar: Gifu prefektligi
- Croatian: Gifu
- Czech: Prefektura Gifu
- Czech: prefektura Gifu
- Danish: Gifu-præfekturet
- Dutch: Gifu
- Egyptian Arabic: جيفو (محافظه)
- Egyptian Arabic: جيفو
- English: Gifu Prefecture
- Esperanto: Gifu-prefektujo
- Esperanto: Gifu
- Esperanto: Gifu prefektujo
- Esperanto: Gubernio Gifu
- Estonian: Gifu prefektuur
- Finnish: Gifun prefektuuri
- French: Gifu
- French: Préfecture de Gifu
- French: préfecture de Gifu
- Galician: Prefectura de Gifu
- Georgian: გიფუს პრეფექტურა
- German: Gifu
- German: Gifu-ken
- German: JP-21
- German: Präfektur Gifu
- Greek: Γκίφου
- Gujarati: ગીફુ પ્રીફેકચર
- Hakka Chinese: Gifu-yen
- Hausa: Gifu-yen
- Hebrew: גיפו
- Hindi: जिफू प्रीफेक्चर
- Hungarian: Gifu prefektúra
- Iloko: Gifu
- Iloko: Prepektura ti Gifu
- Indonesian: Prefektur Gifu
- Irish: Maoracht Gifu
- Italian: Prefettura di Gifu
- Italian: prefettura di Gifu
- Japanese: Gifu-ken
- Japanese: ぎふ
- Japanese: ぎふけん
- Japanese: ギフ
- Japanese: ギフケン
- Japanese: 岐阜
- Japanese: 岐阜県
- Javanese: Prefektur Gifu
- Javanese: Préfèktur Gifu
- Kannada: ಜಿಫು ಪ್ರಿಫೆಕ್ಚರ್
- Korean: 기후 현
- Korean: 기후현
- Lao: Prepektura ti Gifu
- Latvian: Gifu prefektūra
- Literary Chinese: 岐阜縣
- Lithuanian: Gifu prefektūra
- Luxembourgish: Gifu
- Macedonian: Гифу
- Malay: Gifu
- Malay: Wilayah Gifu
- Manipuri: ꯒꯤꯐꯨ ꯂꯝꯈꯥꯢ
- Marathi: गिफू
- Marathi: गिफू प्रांत
- Min Dong Chinese: Gifu-gâing
- Min Nan Chinese: Gifu-koān
- Min Nan Chinese: Gihu-koān
- Min Nan Chinese: Gihu-kōan
- Min Nan Chinese: Gihu Koān
- Mongolian: ꯒꯤꯐꯨ ꯂꯝꯈꯥꯢ
- Northern Frisian: Gifu (Prefektüür)
- Northern Frisian: Gifu
- Northern Sami: Gifu prefektuvra
- Norwegian: Gifu
- Norwegian Bokmål: Gifu prefektur
- Norwegian Bokmål: Prefekturet Gifu
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Gifu prefektur
- Novial: Gifu Prefekture
- Ossetian: Гифу (префектурæ)
- Ossetian: Гифу
- Pampanga: Gifu Prefecture
- Pampanga: Prepektura ning Gifu
- Persian: استان گیفو
- Polish: Prefektura Gifu
- Portuguese: Gifu
- Portuguese: Prefeitura de Gifu
- Romanian: Gifu
- Romanian: Prefectura Gifu
- Russian: Гифу
- Scots: Gifu Prefectur
- Serbian: Prefektura Gifu
- Serbian: Гифу
- Serbian: Префектура Гифу
- Serbo-Croatian: Gifu
- Serbo-Croatian: Prefektura Gifu
- Sinhala: ගීෆු පළාත
- Slovak: Gifu
- Slovenian: Prefektura Gifu
- South Azerbaijani: قیفو اوستانی
- Spanish: Gifu
- Spanish: Gifu Japon
- Spanish: Gifu Japón
- Spanish: Prefectura de Gifu
- Sundanese: Gifu
- Sundanese: Perfektur Gifu
- Sundanese: Préféktur Gifu
- Swahili: Mkoa wa Gifu
- Swedish: Gifu
- Swedish: Gifu län
- Swedish: Gifu prefektur
- Tagalog: Gifu Prefecture
- Tagalog: Prepektura ng Gifu
- Tagalog: Prepekturang Gipu
- Tajik: Prefekturai Gifu
- Tajik: Префектураи Гифу
- Tamil: கிபியூ ப்ரீபெக்ட்டுறே
- Tatar: Гифу (префектура)
- Tatar: Гифу
- Telugu: గిఫు ప్రిఫెక్చర్
- Thai: จังหวัดกิฟุ
- Turkish: Gifu
- Turkish: Gifu prefektörlüğü
- Ukrainian: Гіфу
- Ukrainian: Префектура Гіфу
- Ukrainian: Префектура Ґіфу
- Ukrainian: Ґіфу
- Urdu: گیفو پریفیکچر
- Vietnamese: Gifu
- Vietnamese: Kì Phụ Huyện
- Vietnamese: Tỉnh Gifu
- Waray (Philippines): Gifu
- Waray (Philippines): Gifu Prefecture
- Welsh: Gifu
- Western Panjabi: ضلع گیفو
- Wu Chinese: 岐阜县
- Yue Chinese: 岐阜
- Yue Chinese: 岐阜县
- Yue Chinese: 岐阜縣
- Gifu Ken
- پارێزگای گیفو
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