Tajimi (多治見市, Tajimi-shi) is a city located in Gifu, Japan. As of 1 March 2020^[update], the city had an estimated population of 110,070 in 46,580 households,^[1] and a population density of 1200 people per km². The total area of the city was 117.01 square kilometres (45.18 sq mi). The city is famous for its production of Mino ware ceramics, especially in the Oribe and Seto styles. Tajimi is a member of the World Health Organization’s Alliance for Healthy Cities (AFHC).^[2]

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Tajimi 多治見市
City
Eihō-ji（Kannon Hall）
Flag Emblem
Location of Tajimi in Gifu Prefecture
Tajimi
Coordinates: 35°19′58″N 137°07′53.6″E
Country	Japan
Region	Chūbu
Prefecture	Gifu
Government
• Mayor	Masanori Furukawa (since April 2007)
Area
• Total	91.25 km2 (35.23 sq mi)
Population  (March 1, 2020)
• Total	110,070
• Density	1,200/km2 (3,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+9 (Japan Standard Time)
Phone number	0572-22-1111
Address	2-15 Hinode-machi, Tajimi-shi, Gifu-ken 507-8703
Climate	Cfa
Website	Official website
Symbols
Flower	Azalea, Platycodon grandiflorus
Tree	Ginkgo biloba, Magnolia stellata

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Tajimi is located on the southern border of Gifu Prefecture with Aichi Prefecture. The Kiso River and the Shōnai River flow through the city.

Per Japanese census data,^[6] the population of Tajimi peaked around the year 2000 and has declined since.

The area around Tajimi was part of traditional Mino Province. During the Edo period, much of the area was tenryō territory under the direct control of Tokugawa shogunate. In the post-Meiji restoration cadastral reforms, Toki District in Gifu Prefecture was created, and the town of Tajimi was established on July 1, 1889 by the creation of the modern municipalities system. Tajimi annexed the town of Toyota from neighbouring Kani District in 1934, and was raised to city status on August 1, 1940.

Tajimi subsequently annexed the villages of Koizimi and Ikeda from Kani District in 1944, and the villages of Ichinokura and Kasahara from Toki District in 1951. On January 23, 2006 the town of Kasahara (from Toki District) was merged into Tajimi.^[7]

Tajimi has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city legislature of 24 members.

Tajimi is traditionally known for ceramics, mostly ceramic tiles and tableware, although due to increasing competitive pressures, especially from imported sources, only a few producers remain within the city limits, and economic activity in ceramics is increasingly orientated towards trade and wholesaling.

Tajimi has 13 public elementary schools and eight public middle schools operated by the city government and one private combined middle/high school. The city has three public high schools operated by the Gifu Prefectural Board of Education. The Nagoya Institute of Technology has a campus in Tajimi.

• - Terre Haute, Indiana, United States, since September 1962

• Eihō-ji, a Zen monastery
• Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu
• Mino International Ceramics Festival (every three years)