was a
town
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located in
Ika 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 ...
,
Japan
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. It was the center of the district. In
Sengoku period
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The Sengoku period was initiated by the Ōnin War in 1467 which collapsed the Feudalism, feudal system of Japan under the ...
,
Battle of Shizugatake
The was a battle of the Sengoku period of Japan fought between Toyotomi Hideyoshi (then Hashiba Hideyoshi) and Shibata Katsuie in Shizugatake, Ōmi Province in May 1583. Katsuie supported Oda Nobutaka's claim as successor of Oda Nobunaga in a ...
broke out at a mountain in the west of Kinomoto.
As of 2003, the town had an estimated
population
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of 8,795 and a
density
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of 99.45 persons per km². The total area was 88.44 km².
On January 1, 2010, Kinomoto, along with the towns of
Kohoku and
Torahime (both from
Higashiazai District), and the towns of
Nishiazai,
Takatsuki
is a city in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It is located in northern Osaka's Hokusetsu region.
As of 2020, the city had an estimated population of 347,944 and a population density of 3,300 persons per km². The total area is 105.31 km².
The c ...
and
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(all from
Ika District), was merged into the expanded city of
Nagahama.
Higashiazai District and
Ika District were both dissolved as a result of this merger.
References
Dissolved municipalities of Shiga Prefecture
Nagahama, Shiga
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