Gifu

Gifu is a city located in the south-central portion of , Japan, and serves as the prefectural capital. The city has played an important strategic role in Japan's history because of its location in the middle of the country.
  • City with about 400,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 10 metres (50 feet)
  • Description: city in the south-central portion of Gifu Prefecture, Japan
  • Also known as
    “Gifu City”
    “Gihu”
  • Neighbors

Places of Interest

Highlights include Gifu Castle and Nagaragawa Stadium.
is a Japanese castle located in the city of Gifu, , .
Stadium
Gifu is a multi-purpose stadium at the in Gifu, .
Railway station
is a railway station in the heart of the…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ginan and Kasamatsu.
is a town located in , , Japan.
is a town located in , , Japan.
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Latitude
35.4231° or 35° 25′ 23″ north
Longitude
136.7628° or 136° 45′ 46″ east
UN/LOCODE
JP GIF
Open location code
8Q7RCQF7+64
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Gifu” goes by many names.
غيفوArabic
GifuAragonese
ԳիֆուArmenian
Գիֆու (քաղաք)Armenian
GifuAsturian
GifuAzerbaijani
Gifu, GifuBalinese
GifuBasque
ГіфуBelarusian
গিফুBengali
GifuBosnian
Gifu gradBosnian
ГифуBulgarian
GifuCatalan
Gifu-shiCebuano
Gifu-shi (distrito)Cebuano
ГифуChechen
Гифу (гӀала)Chechen
岐阜市Chinese
GifuCzech
GifuDanish
GifuDutch
جيفوEgyptian Arabic
GifuEsperanto
GifuEstonian
GifuFinnish
GifuGalician
გიფუGeorgian
גיפוHebrew
गिफ़ुHindi
GifuHungarian
GifuIcelandic
GifuIloko
GifuIndonesian
Gifu, GifuIndonesian
GifuIrish
GifuItalian
Gifu-shiJapanese
ぎふしJapanese
岐阜Japanese
岐阜市Japanese
ГифуKazakh
ГифуKirghiz
기후 시Korean
GifuLatvian
岐阜市Literary Chinese
GifuLithuanian
Gifu-shiMalagasy
گیفوMazanderani
Gifu-chhīMin Nan Chinese
Gihu-chhīMin Nan Chinese
ГифуMoksha
Гифу (ошсь)Moksha
GifuNorwegian
GifuNorwegian Bokmål
GifuOccitan (post 1500)
گیفوPersian
GifuPiemontese
GifuPolish
GifuRomanian
ГифуRussian
GifuSardinian
GifuScots
ГифуSerbian
岐阜市Serbian
GifuSerbo-Croatian
GifuSlovenian
قیفوSouth Azerbaijani
GifuSundanese
Gifu, GifuSundanese
GifuSwahili
Gifu, GifuSwahili
GifuSwedish
GifuTagalog
Lungsod ng GifuTagalog
Lungsod ng GipuTagalog
ГифуTajik
கிஃபுTamil
ГифуTatar
กิฟุThai
GifuTurkish
ГіфуUkrainian
ҐіфуUkrainian
گیفو، گیفوUrdu
GifuUzbek
GifuVenetian
GifuVietnamese
Thành phố GifuVietnamese
GifuWaray (Philippines)
GifuWelsh
岐阜市Wu Chinese
岐阜市Yue Chinese

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