Ōgaki

Ōgaki City Hall
Ōgaki-shi ; 大垣市
Geographical location in Japan
Region :	Chūbu
Prefecture :	Gifu
Coordinates :	35 ° 22 ' N , 136 ° 37' E Coordinates: 35 ° 21 '34 " N , 136 ° 36' 46" E
Basic data
Surface:	206.52 km²
Residents :	158,911 ; (June 1, 2019)
Population density :	769 inhabitants per km²
Community key :	21202-4
Symbols
Flag / coat of arms:
Tree :	Camphor tree
Flower :	Rhododendron indicum
town hall
Address :	Ōgaki City Hall ; 2 - 29 Marunouchi; Ōgaki -shi ; Gifu 503-8601
Website URL:	http://www.city.ogaki.lg.jp
Location Ōgakis in Gifu Prefecture

Ōgaki ( Japanese 大垣市 , - shi ) is a city in the Japanese prefecture of Gifu .

geography

Ōgaki is west of Gifu .

The Nagara River flows through the city from northeast to southeast.

With the construction of Ōgaki Castle in 1535 by Miyagawa Yasusada on the instructions of Shogun Ashikaga Yoshiharu , Ōgaki became a castle town . It was conquered by Oda Nobunaga in 1546 . After the defeat of Oda Nobutaka , Toyotomi Hideyoshi gave the castle to Ikeda Nobuteru . After that, the castle became the residence of the Itō in 1590 , the Ishikawa in 1600 , the Hisamatsu in 1616 , the Okabe in 1624 , the Hisamatsu again in 1633 and finally the Toda from 1634 to 1868 with an income of 100,000 Koku .