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is a
city
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located in
Gifu
is a city located in the south-central portion of Gifu Prefecture, Japan, and serves as the prefectural capital. The city has played an important role in Japan's history because of its location in the middle of the country. During the Sengoku ...
,
Japan
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. , the city had an estimated
population
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of 48,777, and a
population density
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of 96.7 persons per km², in 19,820 households. The total area of the city was .
Geography
Ena is located in the
Tōnō
is the southeastern portion of Gifu Prefecture in the Chūbu region of Japan. The Tōnō region received its name as a combination of the ''kanji'' for "east" (東) and "Mino" (美濃). The borders of this region are not officially set, but it ge ...
region of southeastern Gifu Prefecture.
*Mountains:
Mount Kasagi
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,
Mount Hoko
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,
Mount Yūdachi,
Mount Byōbu,
Mount Yake
literally, ''"Burning mountain"'' is an active volcano in the Hida Mountains, lying between Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, and Takayama, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. It is one of the 100 Famous Japanese Mountains, reaching at the highest peak.
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,
Mount Mitsumori
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*Rivers:
Kiso River
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,
Agi River
The is a river in Japan which flows through Gifu Prefecture. It is part of the Kiso River system.
Geography
The river originates from Mount Yaki on the border of Nakatsugawa and Ena and flows west. It flows through the Akigawa Dam and the ...
,
Kamiyahagi River,
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,
Akechi River
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,
Toki River,
Ori River
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*Lakes:
Ena Gorge
is a river valley located at the mid reaches of the Kiso River, which runs through the cities of Ena and Nakatsugawa in Gifu Prefecture, Japan.
Ena Gorge was so named by Shiga Shigetaka, a geographer of that time who praised the harmony of the m ...
,
Lake Hokonoko
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,
Lake Agigawa
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,
Lake Okuyahagi
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,
Lake Origawa
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Climate
The city has a climate characterized by characterized by hot and humid summers, and mild winters (
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''Cfa''). The average annual temperature in Ena is . The average annual rainfall is with July as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around , and lowest in January, at around .
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Neighbouring municipalities
*Gifu Prefecture
**Nakatsugawa
Magome-juku on the Nakasendō
is a city located in Gifu, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 78,930, and a population density of 120 persons per km2 in 30,788 households The total area of the city was .
Geography
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**Mizunami
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**Yaotsu
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*Nagano Prefecture
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** Neba
** Hiraya
*Aichi Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū. Aichi Prefecture has a population of 7,552,873 () and a geographic area of with a population density of . Aichi Prefecture borders Mie Prefecture to the west, Gifu Prefectur ...
**Toyota
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Demographics
Per Japanese census data, the population of Ena has declined over the past 40 years.
History
The area around Ena was part of traditional Mino Province
was a province of Japan in the area of Japan that is today southern Gifu Prefecture. Mino was bordered by Ōmi to the west, Echizen and Hida to the north, and Shinano to the east, and Ise, Mikawa, and Owari to the south. Its abbreviat ...
, and the name of "Ena" appears in Nara period
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records, including the '' Nihon Shoki.'' During the Edo period
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, it was mostly controlled by Iwamura Domain
was a feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan, located in Mino Province in what is now the town of Iwamura, Gifu. It was centered around Iwamura Castle, and controlled parts of Mino and Suruga Provinces. Iwamura Domain ...
, and Ōi-juku developed as a post town
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on the Nakasendō
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highway connecting Edo with Kyoto
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. During the post-Meiji restoration
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cadastral reforms, the area was organised into Ena District, Gifu was a district located in Gifu Prefecture, Japan.
As of 2003, the district had an estimated population of 48,776 and a density of 68.95 persons per km2. The total area was 707.36 km2.
Mergers
* On October 25, 2004 - the towns of Akechi, Iw ...
.
The city was founded on April 1, 1954 by the merger of two towns (Oi and Osashima) and six villages (Tōnō, Sango, Takenami, Kasagi, Nakano, and Iiji), all from Ena District. On October 25, 2004, Ena absorbed the towns of Akechi, Iwamura, Kamiyahagi and Yamaoka, and the village of Kushihara (all from Ena District) to create the expanded city of Ena.
Government
Ena has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral
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city legislature of 18 members.
Subdivisions
*Ōi-chō (大井町)
*Osashima-chō (長島町)
*Takenami-chō (武並町)
*Misato-chō (三郷町)
*Kasagi-chō (笠置町)
*Iiji-chō (飯地町)
*Nakanohō-chō (中野方町)
*Higashino (東野)
*Iwamura-chō (岩村町)
*Yamaoka-chō (山岡町)
*Akechi-chō (明智町)
*Kamiyahagi-chō (上矢作町)
*Kushihara (串原)
Economy
Ena was noted for its pulp and paper industry for many years. Production of precision instruments dominates the manufacturing sector.
Education
Ena has 14 public elementary schools and eight public middle schools operated by the city government, and three public high schools operated by the Gifu Prefectural Board of Education. The prefecture also operates one special education school. Chubu University
is located in Kasugai, Aichi, Japan.
Chubu University was established as the Chubu Institute of Technology in 1964 with the motto
"Acta, non Verba" (Actions, not Words), but its institutional history begins with the Nagoya Daichi High School e ...
maintains a subsidiary campus in Ena.
Transportation
Railway
*
JR Central
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- Chūō Main Line
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Akechi Railway
The is a Japanese railway line in Gifu Prefecture connecting Ena and Akechi stations, which are both located in Ena. There are stations located in Nakatsugawa city as well. This is the only railway line operates. The third-sector company t ...
- (Akechi Line):
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Highway
*
Chūō Expressway
The is a national expressway in Japan. It is owned and operated by NEXCO Central.
Naming
Officially the expressway is designated as the Chūō Expressway Nishinomiya Route (from Takaido Interchange to Komaki Junction), the Chūō Expressway Nag ...
: Ena Interchange - Enakyō Service Area
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Local attractions
*Nakasendō
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Ōi-juku
*Hiroshige Museum of Art, Ena
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Hiroshige is best known for his horizontal-format l ...
*Ena Gorge
is a river valley located at the mid reaches of the Kiso River, which runs through the cities of Ena and Nakatsugawa in Gifu Prefecture, Japan.
Ena Gorge was so named by Shiga Shigetaka, a geographer of that time who praised the harmony of the m ...
* Agigawa Dam
is a dam built on the Kiso River system, located in the Higashino section of Ena City, in Gifu Prefecture, Japan.
History
The Agi River connects with the Kiso River just below Ōi Dam, running through a basin with a fairly large 2,000 mm ...
*Iwamura Castle
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was located in the southeastern area of Mino Province in Japan. Its ruins can be found in the modern-day municipal subdivision of Iwamura, in Ena, Gifu Prefecture. Along with Takatori Castle in Nara and Bitchu-Matsuyama ...
Ruins
** Hondōri Iwamura-chō
* Nihon Taishō Mura
* Sasayuri no Yu
*Yahagi Dam
During the construction of the dam the two villages of Asahi and Kushihara were flooded. 177 villagers were displaced.
See also
* Yahagi No.2 Dam
Dams in Aichi Prefecture
Dams completed in 1970
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* Mongol Village
Notable people from Ena
*Kiyohiro Araki
is a Japanese politician of the New Komeito Party, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Ena, Gifu
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is a city located in Gifu, Japan. , the city had an estimated population o ...
(member of the House of Councillors
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)
*Utako Shimoda
was a Japanese educator and poet of the Meiji and Taishō period. Born in present-day Ena, Gifu, she was the founder many educational organizations, including what is today Jissen Women's University. She had international influence, and was ...
(founder of Jissen Women's Educational Institute)
* Kazuo Nagano (noted fraudster chairman of )[Archived a]
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References
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