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located in
Gifu is a Cities of Japan, 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. Durin ...
,
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. , the city had an estimated
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of 110,070 in 46,580 households, and a
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of 1200 people per km2. The total area of the city was . The city is famous for its production of Mino ware ceramics, especially in the Oribe and Seto styles. Tajimi is a member of the
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’s Alliance for Healthy Cities (AFHC).


Geography

Tajimi is located on the southern border of Gifu Prefecture with Aichi Prefecture. The Kiso River and the Shōnai River flow through the city.


Climate

The city has a climate characterized by hot and humid summers, and relatively cold winters (
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''Cfa''). The average annual temperature in Tajimi 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 . Tajimi set the record for Japan's highest recorded daytime temperature of on August 16, 2007.


Neighbouring municipalities

*
Aichi Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū. Aichi Prefecture has a population of 7,461,111 () and a geographic area of with a population density of . Aichi Prefecture borders Mie Prefecture to the ...
** Inuyama ** Kasugai ** Seto *Gifu Prefecture ** Kani ** Toki


Mountains

* Mt. Takane (556.3 m) The highest peak in the city. * Kasahara Fuji (471.8 m) -The second highest peak, on the border with Seto City in Shiomi Park . * Mt. Hogetsu (456.5 m) * Mt. Miroku (436.6m) - located on the border with Kasugai City, on the Tōkai Nature Trail. * Mt. Doju (429 m) * Mt. Kosha (416.6 m) * Mt. Sengen (372 m) * Mt. Takane (225.6 m)


Rivers

* Gojō River * Ichinokura River * Kasahara River * Kiso River * Ohara River * Shinzawa River * Shōnai River


Demographics

Per Japanese census data,Tajimi population statistics
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History

The area around Tajimi was part of traditional Mino Province. During the
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, much of the area was '' tenryō'' territory under the direct control of
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. In the post-
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cadastral reforms, Toki District in Gifu Prefecture was created, and the town of Tajimi was established on July 1, 1889 by the creation of the modern municipalities system. Tajimi annexed the town of Toyota from neighbouring Kani District in 1934, and was raised to city status on August 1, 1940. Tajimi subsequently annexed the villages of Koizimi and Ikeda from Kani District in 1944, and the villages of Ichinokura and Kasahara from Toki District in 1951. On January 23, 2006 the town of Kasahara (from Toki District) was merged into Tajimi.


Government

Tajimi has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city legislature of 24 members.


Economy

Tajimi is traditionally known for ceramics, mostly ceramic tiles and tableware, although due to increasing competitive pressures, especially from imported sources, only a few producers remain within the city limits, and economic activity in ceramics is increasingly orientated towards trade and wholesaling.


Education

Tajimi has 13 public elementary schools and eight public middle schools operated by the city government and one private combined middle/high school. The city has three public high schools operated by the Gifu Prefectural Board of Education. The Nagoya Institute of Technology has a campus in Tajimi.


Transportation


Railway

- JR Central - Chūō Main Line * - - JR Central - Taita Line * - - -


Highway

* Chūō Expressway * *


Sister cities

* Terre Haute, Indiana,
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, since September 1962


Local attractions

* Eihō-ji, a Zen monastery *Gifu Prefectural Museum of Modern Ceramic Art *Mino International Ceramics Festival (every three years)


References


External links

* * {{Authority control Cities in Gifu Prefecture Tajimi