Gifu Prefecture (岐阜県, Gifu-ken) is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu.: 246 : 126  Gifu Prefecture has a population of 1,991...

jurisdiction and administrative division of Japan, consist of 43 prefectures (県, ken) proper, two urban prefectures (府, fu, Osaka, and Kyoto), one "circuit"...

Province to Gifu in 1567. He took the first character (岐 gi) from Qishan (岐山), the legendary mountain from which most of ancient China was unified. The...