Ōgaki ( 大垣市 , Ōgaki-shi ) is a city located in Gifu , Japan . As of 31 October 2018, the city had an estimated population of 161,539, and a population density of 782 persons per km in 65,931 households. The total area of the city was 206.57 square kilometres (79.76 sq mi). Ōgaki was the final destination for the haiku poet Matsuo Bashō on one of his long journeys as recounted in his book Oku no Hosomichi . Every November the city holds a Bashō Festival.
7-408: Ōgaki is located in the northwest area of the Nōbi 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 of Kamiishizu (from Yōrō District ), and the town of Sunomata (from Anpachi District ), the city consists of three disconnected regions, with Sunomata in the east, the original Ōgaki in the center, and Kamiishizu in
14-502: 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). Per Japanese census data, the population of Ōgaki peaked around the year 2000 and has declined slightly since. The area around Ōgaki was part of traditional Mino Province . During
21-578: The Edo period , the area developed as a castle town for Ōgaki Domain under the Tokugawa shogunate . In the post- Meiji restoration cadastral reforms, the town of Ogaki was established within Anpachi 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 the 1934 Muroto typhoon , and
28-538: The Gifu Prefectural Board of Education, and two private high schools. The prefecture also operates one special education school. Ōgaki is twinned with: Kamiishizu, Gifu Kamiishizu ( 上石津町 , Kamiishizu-chō ) was a town located in Yōrō District , Gifu Prefecture , Japan . As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 6,660 and a density of 53.98 persons per km . The total area
35-512: The southwest. The main river flowing through the city is the Ibi River ; however, the Nagara River forms the border between Ōgaki and the neighboring cities of Gifu and Hashima . The city has a climate characterized by hot, humid summers, and mild winters ( Köppen climate classification Cfa ). The average annual temperature in Ōgaki is 16.0 °C (60.8 °F). The average annual rainfall
42-514: Was 123.38 km . On March 27, 2006, Kamiishizu, along with the town of Sunomata (from Anpachi District ), was merged into the expanded city of Ōgaki . The Township was founded on April 1, 1969. Located on the southwest end of Gifu Prefecture, Kamiishizu is a basin area bounded by the Suzuka mountain range to the west, the Yoro mountain range to the east, and Nangu mountain and 800-meter-high hills to
49-447: Was largely destroyed in six air raids in 1945. Ōgaki has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city legislature of 22 members. Ibiden , a global electronic components manufacturer, is headquartered in the city. 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
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