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Gifu

Gifu is a city located in the south-central portion of , , 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.
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  • Type: City with 404,000 residents
  • Description: city in the south-central portion of Gifu Prefecture, Japan
  • Also known as: “Gifu City” and “Gihu”
  • Neighbors: and
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Gifu Castle and Gifu Station.

Castle
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is a Japanese castle located in the city of Gifu, , . Along with and the , it is one of the main symbols of the city.

Railway station
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is a railway station in the heart of the city of Gifu, , Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company.

Stadium
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Gifu is a multi-purpose stadium at the in Gifu, . It is currently used mostly for football matches. It is the host of FC Gifu.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ginan and Kasamatsu.

Town
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is a town located in , , . As of 1 December 2018, the town had an estimated population of 25,661 and a population density of 3200 persons per km2, in 10,633 households. The total area of the town was 7.91 square kilometres.

Town
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is a town located in , , . As of 31 October 2018, the town had an estimated population of 22,273 and a population density of 2200 persons per km2, in 8944 households. The total area of the town was 10.30 square kilometres.

Gifu

Latitude
35.4231° or 35° 25′ 23″ north
Longitude
136.7628° or 136° 45′ 46″ east
Population
404,000
Elevation
14 metres (46 feet)
United Nations Location Code
JP GIF
Open location code
8Q7RCQF7+64
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5488948282
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1863641
Wiki­data ID
Q45798
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Gifu” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “غيفو”
  • Armenian: “Գիֆու (քաղաք)”
  • Armenian: “Գիֆու”
  • Asturian: “Gifu”
  • Azerbaijani: “Gifu”
  • Basque: “Gifu”
  • Belarusian: “Гіфу”
  • Bengali: “গিফু”
  • Bosnian: “Gifu grad”
  • Bosnian: “Gifu”
  • Bulgarian: “Гифу”
  • Catalan: “Gifu”
  • Cebuano: “Gifu-shi (distrito)”
  • Cebuano: “Gifu-shi”
  • Chechen: “Гифу (гӀала)”
  • Chechen: “Гифу”
  • Chinese: “Gihu-chhī”
  • Chinese: “岐阜市”
  • Czech: “Gifu”
  • Danish: “Gifu”
  • Dutch: “Gifu”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جيفو”
  • Esperanto: “Gifu”
  • Estonian: “Gifu”
  • Finnish: “Gifu”
  • French: “Gifu”
  • Galician: “Gifu”
  • Georgian: “გიფუ”
  • German: “Gifu”
  • Hebrew: “גיפו”
  • Hindi: “गिफ़ु”
  • Hungarian: “Gifu”
  • Icelandic: “Gifu”
  • Iloko: “Gifu”
  • Indonesian: “Gifu, Gifu”
  • Indonesian: “Gifu”
  • Irish: “Gifu”
  • Italian: “Gifu”
  • Japanese: “Gifu”
  • Japanese: “ぎふし”
  • Japanese: “岐阜”
  • Japanese: “岐阜市”
  • Kazakh: “Гифу”
  • Kirghiz: “Гифу”
  • Korean: “기후 시”
  • Korean: “기후시”
  • Literary Chinese: “岐阜市”
  • Lithuanian: “Gifu”
  • Malagasy: “Gifu-shi”
  • Mazanderani: “گیفو”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Gifu-chhī”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Gihu-chhī”
  • Moksha: “Гифу (ошсь)”
  • Moksha: “Гифу”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Gifu”
  • Norwegian: “Gifu”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Gifu”
  • Persian: “گیفو”
  • Piemontese: “Gifu”
  • Polish: “Gifu”
  • Portuguese: “Gifu”
  • Romanian: “Gifu”
  • Russian: “Гифу”
  • Sardinian: “Gifu”
  • Scots: “Gifu”
  • Serbian: “Гифу”
  • Serbian: “岐阜市”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Gifu”
  • Slovenian: “Gifu”
  • South Azerbaijani: “قیفو”
  • Spanish: “Gifu Gifu”
  • Spanish: “Gifu”
  • Sundanese: “Gifu, Gifu”
  • Sundanese: “Gifu”
  • Swahili: “Gifu, Gifu”
  • Swahili: “Gifu”
  • Swedish: “Gifu”
  • Tagalog: “Gifu”
  • Tagalog: “Lungsod ng Gifu”
  • Tagalog: “Lungsod ng Gipu”
  • Tajik: “Гифу”
  • Tamil: “கிஃபு”
  • Tatar: “Гифу”
  • Thai: “กิฟุ”
  • Turkish: “Gifu”
  • Ukrainian: “Гіфу”
  • Ukrainian: “Ґіфу”
  • Urdu: “گیفو، گیفو”
  • Uzbek: “Gifu”
  • Venetian: “Gifu”
  • Vietnamese: “Gifu”
  • Vietnamese: “Thành phố Gifu”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Gifu”
  • Welsh: “Gifu”
  • Wu Chinese: “岐阜市”
  • Yue Chinese: “岐阜市”

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