is a town

Towns of Japan

A town is a local administrative unit in Japan. It is a local public body along with prefecture , city , and village...

 located in Kamo District

Kamo District, Gifu

is a district located in Gifu, Japan.As of Jul, 2011 the district has an estimated population of 52,536. The total area is 615.17 km².-Towns and villages:*Hichisō*Higashishirakawa*Kawabe*Sakahogi*Shirakawa*Tomika*Yaotsu-District Timeline:...

, Gifu

Gifu Prefecture

is a prefecture located in the Chūbu region of central Japan. Its capital is the city of Gifu.Located in the center of Japan, it has long played an important part as the crossroads of Japan, connecting the east to the west through such routes as the Nakasendō...

, Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

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As of July 2011, the town has an estimated population

Population

A population is all the organisms that both belong to the same group or species and live in the same geographical area. The area that is used to define a sexual population is such that inter-breeding is possible between any pair within the area and more probable than cross-breeding with individuals...

 of 8,443. The total area is 12.89 km². The town was formed in 1968.

History

Sakahogi was formed on October 1, 1968 when the village of gained town status. The village of Sakahogi was formed on April 1, 1897 by a merger of the villages of Sakakura, Torikumi, Ōhari, Kuroiwa, Fukagaya, Katsuyama and Fukada, and got its name from Sakahogi shrine. In 1950 the Fukada part of Sakahogi was merged into the town of Ōta, now a part of Minokamo

Minokamo, Gifu

is a city located in Gifu Prefecture, Japan, and was formed on April 1, 1954.As of July 2011, the city has an estimated population of 54,944. The total area is 74.81 km².-Rail:*JR Central:**Takayama Main Line: Mino-Ōta Station, Kobi Station...

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Railroad

• JR Central
  • Takayama Main Line
    Takayama Main Line
    is a Japanese railway line between Gifu Station in Gifu and Toyama Station in Toyama, operated by Central Japan Railway Company and West Japan Railway Company . The line directly links Chūkyō Metropolitan Area and Hokuriku region in a shorter distance, but slower than to use Tōkaidō Shinkansen...
    
     - Sakahogi Station

External links

• Sakahogi official website