Ōgaki 大垣市 | |
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 Funamachi Port on the Suimon River | |
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 Location of Ōgaki in Gifu Prefecture | |
  Ōgaki | |
| Coordinates:35°21′33.7″N136°36′46.3″E / 35.359361°N 136.612861°E /35.359361; 136.612861 | |
| Country | Japan |
| Region | Chūbu |
| Prefecture | Gifu |
| Area | |
• Total | 206.57 km2 (79.76 sq mi) |
| Population (December 31, 2018) | |
• Total | 161,539 |
| • Density | 780/km2 (2,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+9 (Japan Standard Time) |
| Phone number | 0584-81-4111 |
| Address | 2-29 Marunouchi, Ōgaki-shi, Gifu-ken 503-8601 |
| Climate | Cfa |
| Website | Official website |
| Symbols | |
| Flower | Satsuki azalea |
| Tree | Cinnamomum camphora |
Ōgaki (大垣市,Ōgaki-shi) is acity located inGifu,Japan. As of 31 October 2018[update], the city had an estimatedpopulation of 161,539, and apopulation density of 782 persons per km2 in 65,931 households.[1] The total area of the city was 206.57 square kilometres (79.76 sq mi). Ōgaki was the final destination for the haiku poetMatsuo Bashō on one of his long journeys as recounted in his bookOku no Hosomichi. Every November the city holds a Bashō Festival.
Ōgaki is located in the northwest area of theNōbi Plain in Gifu Prefecture and is known as being the most centrally-located city in Japan. As a result of its 2006 merger with the town ofKamiishizu (fromYōrō District), and the town ofSunomata (fromAnpachi District), the city consists of three disconnected regions, with Sunomata in the east, the original Ōgaki in the center, and Kamiishizu in the southwest.[2]
The main river flowing through the city is theIbi River; however, theNagara River forms the border between Ōgaki and the neighboring cities ofGifu andHashima.
The city has a climate characterized by hot, humid summers, and mild winters (Köppen climate classificationCfa). The average annual temperature in Ōgaki is 16.0 °C (60.8 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,963.5 mm (77.30 in) with July as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 28.1 °C (82.6 °F), and lowest in January, at around 4.7 °C (40.5 °F).[3]
| Climate data for Ōgaki (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1978−present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 17.4 (63.3) | 20.8 (69.4) | 25.2 (77.4) | 29.7 (85.5) | 33.3 (91.9) | 35.9 (96.6) | 38.7 (101.7) | 38.8 (101.8) | 37.8 (100.0) | 31.9 (89.4) | 25.4 (77.7) | 22.7 (72.9) | 38.8 (101.8) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 8.6 (47.5) | 9.7 (49.5) | 13.7 (56.7) | 19.4 (66.9) | 24.3 (75.7) | 27.5 (81.5) | 31.3 (88.3) | 33.0 (91.4) | 28.9 (84.0) | 23.2 (73.8) | 17.1 (62.8) | 11.2 (52.2) | 20.7 (69.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 4.7 (40.5) | 5.3 (41.5) | 8.7 (47.7) | 14.2 (57.6) | 19.2 (66.6) | 23.0 (73.4) | 26.9 (80.4) | 28.1 (82.6) | 24.3 (75.7) | 18.6 (65.5) | 12.5 (54.5) | 7.1 (44.8) | 16.1 (60.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 1.2 (34.2) | 1.5 (34.7) | 4.4 (39.9) | 9.5 (49.1) | 14.8 (58.6) | 19.4 (66.9) | 23.7 (74.7) | 24.7 (76.5) | 20.8 (69.4) | 14.7 (58.5) | 8.4 (47.1) | 3.4 (38.1) | 12.2 (54.0) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −5.3 (22.5) | −7.0 (19.4) | −4.5 (23.9) | 0.9 (33.6) | 6.5 (43.7) | 13.0 (55.4) | 17.0 (62.6) | 17.9 (64.2) | 11.6 (52.9) | 4.5 (40.1) | −0.2 (31.6) | −3.8 (25.2) | −7.0 (19.4) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 68.8 (2.71) | 76.2 (3.00) | 130.4 (5.13) | 167.9 (6.61) | 210.9 (8.30) | 244.7 (9.63) | 282.9 (11.14) | 166.1 (6.54) | 248.8 (9.80) | 168.8 (6.65) | 86.1 (3.39) | 76.3 (3.00) | 1,963.5 (77.30) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 1.0 mm) | 9.1 | 8.5 | 10.0 | 9.8 | 10.1 | 11.5 | 13.1 | 10.0 | 11.5 | 8.9 | 7.5 | 10.0 | 120 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 146.6 | 148.2 | 179.6 | 192.0 | 196.7 | 157.1 | 160.8 | 199.9 | 154.0 | 156.2 | 142.3 | 137.6 | 1,968.5 |
| Source:Japan Meteorological Agency[3][4] | |||||||||||||
Per Japanese census data,[5] the population of Ōgaki peaked around the year 2000 and has declined slightly since.
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1970 | 147,764 | — |
| 1980 | 156,215 | +5.7% |
| 1990 | 160,483 | +2.7% |
| 2000 | 161,827 | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 161,160 | −0.4% |
| 2020 | 158,286 | −1.8% |
The area around Ōgaki was part of traditionalMino Province. During theEdo period, the area developed as acastle town forŌgaki Domain under theTokugawa shogunate. In the post-Meiji restoration cadastral reforms, the town of Ogaki was established withinAnpachi District, Gifu Prefecture with the creation of the modern municipalities system on July 1, 1889. It was raised to city status on April 1, 1918. The city suffered severe flooding during the1934 Muroto typhoon, and was largely destroyed in six air raids in 1945.
Ōgaki has amayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and aunicameral city legislature of 22 members.
Ibiden, a global electronic components manufacturer, is headquartered in the city.[6]
Ōgaki has 22 public elementary schools and ten public middle schools operated by the city government and one private middle school. The city has nine public high school operated by the Gifu Prefectural Board of Education, and two private high schools. The prefecture also operates one special education school.
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