It reads ぎふし — Gifu Shi.
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Gifu is a 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. During the Sengoku period, various warlords, including Oda Nobunaga, used the area as a base in an attempt to unify and control Japan. Gifu continued to flourish even after Japan's unification as both an important shukuba along the Edo period Nakasendō and, later, as one of Japan's fashion centers. It has been designated a core city by the national government.
Measured as real great-circle distance from Gifu.
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岐阜市 is read ぎふし (Gifu Shi). It is a city in Gifu Prefecture.
市 means "city" and is read shi. A city. 市 is read shi and is the most consistent of the municipal suffixes.
Gifu has a population of 412,895 across 204 km², making it the 43rd largest of Japan's 1,651 municipalities and the 1st largest of the 40 in Gifu.
The closest municipalities to Gifu are Ginan Cho (4 km), Kasamatsu Cho (6 km), Kitagata Cho (7 km).