Ōgaki (大垣市, Ōgaki-shi) is a city located in Gifu, Japan. As of 31 October 2018[update], the city had an estimated population of 161,539, and a population 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 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.
Geography
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 the southwest.[2]
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 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)
Per Japanese census data,[5] the population of Ōgaki peaked around the year 2000 and has declined slightly since.
Historical population
Year
Pop.
±%
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%
History
The area around Ōgaki was part of traditional Mino Province. During 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 was largely destroyed in six air raids in 1945.
Municipal timeline
April 1918: Gained city status
April 1928: Merged with parts of the village of Kitakuise, Anpachi District (specifically the localities of Kido, Minamiisshiki, Kasagi, Kasanui and Gama)
December 1934: Merged with village of Minamikuise, Anpachi District
June 1935: Merged with village of Tagishima, Anpachi District
June 1936: Merged with village of Yasui, Anpachi District
February 1940: Merged with villages of Urū and Shizusato, Fuwa District
October 1947: Merged with villages of Ayasato, Fuwa District, and Sumoto, Anpachi District
June 1948: Merged with village of Asakusa, Anpachi District
October 1948: Merged with village of Kawanami and the Maze part of Maki, Anpachi District
April 1949: Merged with village of Nakagawa, Anpachi District
April 1951: Merged with village of Wagō, Anpachi District
June 1952: Merged with village of Mitsukoshi, Anpachi District
October 1954: Merged with village of Arasaki, Fuwa District
September 1967: Merged with town of Akasaka, Fuwa District
April 1988: Established city constitution
March 27, 2006: Merged with towns of Kamiishizu, Yōrō District, and Sunomata, Anpachi District[2]
Government
Ōgaki City Hall
Ōgaki has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city legislature of 22 members.
Economy
Ibiden, a global electronic components manufacturer, is headquartered in the city.[6]
Ogaki Nursing College (moved to Ogaki Medical Association March 31, 2006)
Nihon Information Processing College
Nihon General Business College
Nihon-Chūō Nursing College Ogaki
Nihon-Chūō Gakuen Culinary College
Primary and secondary education
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.
^ ab総括 1 大垣市の沿革 [Summary 1 History of Ogaki City] (PDF). Ōgaki official website (in Japanese). Archived from the original(PDF) on 29 October 2013. Retrieved August 17, 2011.
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