Gifu Prefecture (岐阜県 Gifu-ken)

Symbol of Gifu Prefecture
Capital	Gifu (city)
Region	Chubu
Island	Honshu
Governor	Taku Kajiwara
Area	10,598.18 km² (7th)
- % water	0.2%
Population (October 1, 2000)
- Population	2,107,687 (18th)
- Density	199 /km²
Districts	15
Municipalities	99
ISO 3166-2	JP-21
Web site	www.pref.gifu.jp/ index_e.htm (http://www.pref.gifu.jp/index_e.htm)
Prefectural Symbols
- Flower	Chinese milk vetch (Astragalus sinicus)
- Tree	Japanese yew (Taxus cuspidata)
- Bird	Rock ptarmigan (Lagopus mutus)

Gifu Prefecture (岐阜県 Gifu-ken), is located in the Chubu region of central Japan. The capital is the city of Gifu

Contents

1 History 2 Geography 2.1 Cities 2.2 Towns and Villages 3 Economy 4 Demographics 5 Culture 6 Tourism 7 Prefectural symbols 8 Miscellaneous topics 9 External links

History

Gifu prefecture consists of the old provinces of Hida and Mino.

Geography

It is landlocked and is located north of Aichi in the mountains. Most of the northern and eastern part of the prefecture is dominated by high mountains, and most of the population lives in the south, near the Nagoya metropolitan area.

Cities

• Ena
• Gero
• Gifu (capital)
• Gujo
• Hashima
• Hida
• Kakamigahara
• Kani
• Mino
• Minokamo
• Mizuho
• Mizunami
• Motosu
• Nakatsugawa
• Ogaki
• Seki
• Tajimi
• Takayama
• Toki
• Yamagata

Towns and Villages

Anpachi Anpachi Goudo Sunomata Wanouchi Ena Akechi Fukuoka Hirukawa Iwamura Kamiyahagi Kashimo Kawaue Kushihara Sakashita Tsukechi Yamaoka Fuwa Sekigahara Tarui Gujo (dissolved in 2004) Hashima Ginan Kasamatsu Kawashima Yanaizu

Ibi Fujihashi Ibigawa Ikeda Kasuga Kuze Ono Sakauchi Tanigumi Kaizu Hirata Kaizu Nannou Kamo Hichisou Higashishirakawa Kawabe Sakahogi Shirakawa Tomika Yaotsu Kani Kaneyama Mitake Mashita (dissolved in 2004) Motosu Kitagata

Mugi Horado Itadori Kaminoho Mugegawa Mugi Ono Asahi Kiyomi Kuguno Miya Nyukawa Shirakawa Shokawa Takane Toki Kasahara Yamagata Yoro Kamiishizu Yoro Yoshiki Kamitakara Kokufu

Economy

Gifu's economy includes many traditional industries such as agriculture and woodworking, but it is dominated by manufacturing industries extending from the Nagoya area, such as aerospace and automotive industry. A major characteristic of Gifu's industry is a wealth of small component manufacturers, such as precision machining, die and mold making, and plastic forming.

Demographics

Culture

Tourism

Prefectural symbols

Miscellaneous topics

External links

• Official Gifu Prefecture homepage (http://www.pref.gifu.jp/index_e.htm)
• Wikitravel: Gifu Prefecture (http://wikitravel.org/en/article/Gifu_%28prefecture%29)

Gifu Prefecture
Cities
Ena | Gero | Gifu (capital) | Gujo | Hashima | Hida | Kakamigahara | Kani | Mino | Minokamo | Mizuho | Mizunami | Motosu | Nakatsugawa | Ogaki | Seki | Tajimi | Takayama | Toki | Yamagata
Districts
Anpachi | Ena | Fuwa | Hashima | Ibi | Kaizu | Kamo | Kani | Motosu | Mugi | Ono | Toki | Yamagata | Yoro | Yoshiki

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