was a town located in Ena District, Gifu Prefecture, Japan.

As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 5,753 and a density of 193.25 persons per km². The total area was 29.77 km².

Sakashita, Gifu

On February 13, 2005, Sakashita, along with the towns of Fukuoka and Tsukechi, the villages of Hirukawa, Kashimo and Kawaue (all from Ena District), and the village of Yamaguchi (from Kiso District, Nagano Prefecture), was merged into the expanded city of Nakatsugawa and no longer exists as an independent municipality.

Sakashita, Gifu

On February 27, 2005, the town was in the national news when five members of a household in Sakashita were stabbed and killed by a member of their family.

Sakashita, Gifu

References

External links

Official website of Nakatsugawa

Dissolved municipalities of Gifu Prefecture

Populated places disestablished in 2005

2005 disestablishments in Japan