was a

town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an ori ...

located in Echi District,

Shiga Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Shiga Prefecture has a population of 1,412,916 (1 October 2015) and has a geographic area of . Shiga Prefecture borders Fukui Prefecture to the north, Gifu Prefecture to the nort ...

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. "Aitō" means "eastern Echi". It was founded February 11, 1971.https://www.city.higashiomi.shiga.jp/koho/gappei/kaigi/new_1/kyogi18.pdf"Handling of Customs" As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 5,826 and a density of 142.48 persons per km². The total area was 40.89 km². On February 11, 2005, Aitō, along with the city of Yōkaichi, the towns of

Eigenji is a Buddhist temple in the Eigenji-Takano neighborhood of the city of Higashiōmi, Shiga Prefecture, Japan. It is the head temple of one of the 14 autonomous branches of the Rinzai school of Japanese Zen History Eigen-ji was founded in 1361 ...

and Gokashō (both from Kanzaki District), and the town of Kotō (also from Echi District), was merged to create the city of

Higashiōmi Yōkaichi Kite Festival is a city located in Shiga Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 113,229 in 45771 households and a population density of 290 persons per km². The total area of the city is . Geography Higashiōmi ...

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Dissolved municipalities of Shiga Prefecture {{Shiga-geo-stub