Gifu Prefecture facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Gifu Prefecture |
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| Capital | Gifu | ||||||||
| Region | Chūbu | ||||||||
| Island | Honshū | ||||||||
| Governor | Hajime Furuta | ||||||||
| Area (rank) | 10,621.17 km² (7th) | ||||||||
| - % water | 0.2% | ||||||||
| Population (August 1, 2010) | |||||||||
| - Population | 2,078,286 (18th) | ||||||||
| - Density | 196 /km² | ||||||||
| Districts | 9 | ||||||||
| Municipalities | 42 | ||||||||
| ISO 3166-2 | JP-21 | ||||||||
| Website | www.pref.gifu.lg.jp | ||||||||
| Prefectural Symbols | |||||||||
| - Flower | Chinese milk vetch (Astragalus sinicus) |
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| - Tree | Japanese Yew (Taxus cuspidata) |
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| - Bird | Rock ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) |
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| - Fish | {{{Fish}}} | ||||||||
 Symbol of Gifu Prefecture |
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Gifu Prefecture (岐阜県, Gifu-ken) is a prefecture in the Chūbu region of Japan. It is on the island of Honshu. Its capital is the city of Gifu.
Gifu is part of the Tōkai region. Shirakawa in Gifu is a UNESCO's World Heritage Site.
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History
In the Meiji period, Gifu Prefecture was created by merging several old provinces, including Hida Province and Mino Province.
"Gifu" may have been named by Oda Nobunaga.
Geography
Gifu shares borders with seven other prefectures: Aichi Prefecture, Fukui Prefecture, Ishikawa Prefecture, Mie Prefecture, Nagano Prefecture, Shiga Prefecture and Toyama Prefecture.
Landmarks
- Kinkazan and Gifu Castle
- Takayama
- Joining hands-structure of Shirakawa-go
- Gero hot springs
Special products
- Ayu-cuisine
- Eel
- Hida beef
Cities
- Ena, Gifu
- Gero, Gifu
- Gifu, Gifu, capital
- Gujō, Gifu
- Hashima, Gifu
- Hida, Gifu
- Kakamigahara, Gifu
- Kani, Gifu
- Kaizu, Gifu
- Mino, Gifu
- Minokama, Gifu
- Mizuho, Gifu
- Mizunami, Gifu
- Motosu, Gifu
- Nakatsugawa, Gifu
- Ōgaki, Gifu
- Seki, Gifu
- Tajimi, Gifu
- Takayama, Gifu
- Toki, Gifu
- Yamagata, Gifu
National parks
National parks cover about 18% of the total land area of the prefecture.
Otaki Limestone Cave
Otaki Limestone cave is one of the biggest limestone caves in Japan. There is no daylight inside, so you may feel that the air in there is very still. If you go there in summer, you may feel cool, and if you go there in winter, you may feel much warmer than outside of it. The walls are made of limestone and look milky white.
Shrines and temples
Hidaichinomiya-Minashi jinja is the main Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) in the prefecture.
Related pages
Images for kids
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View from the top of a hill in Magome-juku, Nakatsugawa, Gifu Prefecture
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Minokamo
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Ōgaki
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Takayama
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Cormorant fishing in Nagara River
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Traditional housing in Shirakawa-gō
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Gifu University Faculty of Engineering
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