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Gifu
岐阜市 | |||||||||
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 Location of Gifu in Gifu Prefecture | |||||||||
  Gifu | |||||||||
| Coordinates: 35°25′23.6″N 136°45′38.8″E / 35.423222°N 136.760778°E | |||||||||
| Country | Japan | ||||||||
| Region | Chūbu (Tōkai) | ||||||||
| Prefecture | Gifu | ||||||||
| Government | |||||||||
| • Mayor | Masanao Shibahashi | ||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
| • Total | 203.60 km2 (78.61 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Population (September 1, 2020) | |||||||||
| • Total | 400,118 | ||||||||
| • Density | 2,000/km2 (5,100/sq mi) | ||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+9 (Japan Standard Time) | ||||||||
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| - Tree | Japanese Chinquapin[3] | ||||||||
| - Flower | Scarlet Sage[3] | ||||||||
| Phone number | 0581-22-2111 | ||||||||
| Address | 18 Imazawa-chō, Gifu-shi, Gifu-ken 500-8701 | ||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||
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Gifu (岐阜市, Gifu-shi) is a city located in the south-central portion of Gifu Prefecture, Japan, and serves as the prefectural capital. The city has played an important role in Japan's history because of its location in the middle of the country. During the Sengoku period, various warlords, including Oda Nobunaga, used the area as a base in an attempt to unify and control Japan.[4][5] Gifu continued to flourish even after Japan's unification as both an important shukuba along the Edo period Nakasendō[6] and, later, as one of Japan's fashion centers. It has been designated a core city by the national government.
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- ^ a b 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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instantwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Nakasendo to Shukuba-machi Archived August 13, 2007, at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese) Gifu City Hall. Accessed September 9, 2007.