town
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The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...
Gifu Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu. Gifu Prefecture has a population of 1,910,511 () and has a geographic area of . Gifu Prefecture borders Toyama Prefecture to the north; Ishikawa Prefecture ...
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Japan
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On January 1, 2006, Yanaizu was merged into the expanded city of
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 ...
and no longer exists as an independent
municipality
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. In 2005 it had a population of 13,436 people.
Education
The former town is the location of one public and one private high school, as well as one public junior high school and one public elementary school.
The Buddhist Pure Land Sect runs a junior high school and an elementary school in Yanaizu. It is also the location of a North Korean school, Gifu Korean Elementary and Junior High School ( 岐阜朝鮮初中級学校).ウリハッキョ一覧
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