Hida, Gifu

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Hida (飛騨市; -shi) is a city in Gifu Prefecture, Japan.

[edit] History

The city was established in 2004 by merger of Furukawa, Miyagawa, Kawai, and Kamioka.

[edit] About the official name

Hida's official name in Kanji is "飛單" not "飛騨" but the JIS Kanji font can't display any old Japanese kanji forms. (單=the old Japanese kanji form of "単"）Even after the creation of Hida, The Japanese Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications has allowed Hida to use the current kanji format.


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Ena | Gero | Gifu (capital) | Gujo | Hashima | Hida | Kakamigahara | Kaizu | Kani | Mino | Minokamo | Mizuho | Mizunami | Motosu | Nakatsugawa | Ogaki | Seki | Tajimi | Takayama | Toki | Yamagata
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