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Gifu (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 35 27 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 35.4500 decimal degrees |
Long: 136 46 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 136.7667 decimal degrees |
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Note: Was a castle town in medieval Japan; captured by Oda Nobunaga 1564; was often site of civil unrest before 1600; famous for cormorant fishing on the Nagara. |
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Gifu (preferred,C,V,O,Japanese (transliterated)-P)
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Gihu (C,V,Japanese (transliterated))
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Gifushi (C,U,Japanese (transliterated))
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Gifu-shi (C,U,Japanese (transliterated))
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ギフシ (C,U,Japanese)
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ギフ (C,U,Japanese)
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ぎふ (C,U,Japanese)
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岐阜 (C,U,Japanese)
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ぎふし (C,U,Japanese)
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岐阜市 (C,U,Japanese-P)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Gifu (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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was important medieval center |
city (C) |
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regional capital (C) |
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manufacturing center (C) |
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produces paper umbrellas, fans & napkins |
fishing community (C) |
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