Hida Province
was a province of Japan in the area that is today the northern portion of Gifu Prefecture in the Chūbu region of Japan. Hida bordered on Echizen, Mino, Shinano, Etchū, and Kaga Provinces. It was part of Tōsandō Circuit. Its abbreviated form name was . Under the "Engishiki" classification system, Hida was ranked as a "inferior country" (下国) and a middle country (中国) in terms of its importance and distance from the capital. Currently, the entire area of the former Hida Province consists of the cities of Hida, Takayama and most of the city of Gero, and the village of Shirakawa, in Ōno District .
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province of Japan
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Gifu Prefecture
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Chūbu region
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Echizen
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Mino
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Etchū
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Kaga
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Hida
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Takayama
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Gero
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Shirakawa
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Ōno District
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Hida Province
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