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is the northern portion of Gifu Prefecture in the Chūbu region of Japan.Hida Promotional Office
Gifu Prefecture. Accessed June 24, 2008.
The Hida region received its name because the area was formerly part of
Hida Province was a province of Japan in the area that is today the northern portion of Gifu Prefecture in the Chūbu region of Japan. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Wakasa''" in . Hida bordered on Echizen, Mino, Shinano, Etchū, and Kaga Provin ...
, before the formation of prefectures in Japan. The borders of this region are not officially set, but it generally consists of the following four municipalities: Takayama, Hida,
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and Shirakawa.


Climate

The Hida region has a
humid continental climate A humid continental climate is a climatic region defined by Russo-German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1900, typified by four distinct seasons and large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and freezing ...
, with very warm summers and long, cold, very snowy winters. Some of the highest levels of snowfall in Japan are found in the north-western fringes of this region annually amounting to in excess of 10 meters, for example Shirakawa.


Demographics

Per Japanese census data,Takayama 1995-2020 population statistics
/ref> Hida (Northern) portion of Gifu prefecture has had negative population growth since 1950 Hida was the largest city in Hida area until 1950 when it was surpassed by Takayama. The population peak of Hida area was around 200,000 in 1950.


See also

*
Seinō is the southwestern portion of Gifu Prefecture in the Chūbu region of Japan. Before Gifu became a prefecture, the area was part of Mino Province. The Seinō region received its name as a combination of the ''kanji'' for and , and is sometimes ...
* Gifu * Chūnō * Tōnō


References

Chūbu region Geography of Gifu Prefecture {{Gifu-geo-stub