Mino, Gifu
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Geography
Mino is located in the south-central Gifu Prefecture. The Nagara River and the Itadori River flow through the city. Mino is surrounded by the city of Seki to the west, south and east, and by the city of Gujō to the north.
Climate
The city has a climate characterized by hot and humid summers, and mild winters (Köppen climate classification Cfa). The average annual temperature in Mino is Script error: No such module "convert".. The average annual rainfall is Script error: No such module "convert". with July as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around Script error: No such module "convert"., and lowest in January, at around Script error: No such module "convert"..[2] Script error: No such module "weather box".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Neighbouring municipalities
Demographics
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History
The area around Mino was part of the traditional Mino Province. During the Edo period, Kanamori Nagachika, the founder of Takayama Domain was granted permission by Tokugawa Ieyasu to build Oguriyama Castle on the Nagara River. Due to floods, the castle town was relocated in 1605 to higher ground. The area later became part of the holdings of Owari Domain under the Tokugawa shogunate. In the post-Meiji restoration cadastral reforms, Mugi District in Gifu Prefecture was created, and with the establishment of the modern municipalities system on July 1, 1889 the town of Kozuchi was created. In July 1909 Kozuchi was the site of a meteorite impact. The meteorite, which massed about Script error: No such module "convert"., broke into pieces and fell across an area Script error: No such module "convert". long and Script error: No such module "convert". wide. The largest piece, about Script error: No such module "convert"., fell in the village of Gokurakuji.[4] On April 1, 1911, Kozuchi was renamed Mino. Mino was raised to city status on April 1, 1954 with the merger of the town of Mino with the villages of Suhara, Shimomaki, Kamimaki, Oyada, Aimi, and Nakauchi.
Government
Mino has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city legislature of 13 members.
Education
Mino has five public elementary schools and two public middle schools operated by the city government. The city has one public high school operated by the Gifu Prefectural Board of Education.
Transportation
Railway
Highway
- File:JP Expressway E41.svg Tōkai-Hokuriku Expressway
- File:JP Expressway C3.svg Tōkai-Kanjō Expressway
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Sister cities
- Template:Flagicon Meinong District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, friendship city since November 29, 2012
Local attractions
- Ogurayama Castle Ruins
- Yawata Shrine
Notable people from Mino
- Chiune Sugihara, diplomat
References
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- ↑ Mino population statistics
- ↑ Mino meteorite at gifu-u.ac.jp (Japanese)
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External links
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