was a

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located in Higashiazai District,

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. The ruins of

Odani Castle 280px, Map of Odani Castle was a Sengoku period mountain-top Japanese castle located in the former town of Kohoku, now part of Nagahama city, in Shiga Prefecture, Japan. Only the ruins remain today. It was the home castle of the Azai clan and t ...

are located in Kohoku. As of 2003, the town had an estimated

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of 8,745 and a

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of 300.72 persons per km². The total area was 29.08 km². On January 1, 2010, Kohoku, along with the towns of Torahime (also from Higashiazai District), and the towns of Kinomoto, Nishiazai,

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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 {{Shiga-geo-stub