Gifu岐阜県

Gifu-ken·ぎふけん· (ken), prefecture

Landlocked, from the Nōbi plain up into the Hida mountains and the Shirakawa-gō villages.

Open Gifu on the map

Facts

Japanese name
岐阜県
Reading
Gifu-ken / ぎふけん
Region
Chūbu 中部
Capital
Gifu 岐阜市
Population
1,978,742 (2020 census)
Area
10,621 km²
Density
186 people per km²
Municipalities
4221 cities, 19 towns, and 2 villages
Designated cities
None
Districts (郡)
9
Codes
JIS 21·ISO 3166-2 JP-21

How an address here begins

岐阜県岐阜市

Gifu-ken, Gifu-shi, …

The prefecture comes first, then the municipality. The guide explains the rest of the address, and the map reads any address you paste into it.

Neighbouring prefectures

Every municipality in Gifu市区町村

42 local governments, each with its own mayor and assembly. Every one links to its boundary on the map.

Districts, with their towns and villages郡 · 町 · 村

A district is a name that groups towns and villages in an address. It has no office and no election. The towns and villages are governments.

Boundaries: MLIT 国土数値情報. Population: 2020 Population Census (令和2年国勢調査). Area: Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (全国都道府県市区町村別面積調, 2020). Municipality counts are from the boundary data on the map.