Kamiishizu, Gifu

Kamiishizu (上石津町, Kamiishizu-chō) was a town located in Yōrō District, Gifu Prefecture, Japan.

As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 6,660 and a density of 53.98 persons per km2.

On March 27, 2006, Kamiishizu, along with the town of Sunomata (from Anpachi District), was merged into the expanded city of Ōgaki.

[1] The Township was founded on April 1, 1969.

Located on the southwest end of Gifu Prefecture, Kamiishizu is a basin area bounded by the Suzuka mountain range to the west, the Yoro mountain range to the east, and Nangu mountain and 800-meter-high hills to the north.