was a

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located in Kōka 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 Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

. "Kōnan" means "southern Kōka". As of 2004, the town has an estimated

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of 20,118 and a

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of 408.07 persons per km². The total area is 49.3 km². On October 1, 2004, Kōnan, along with the towns of

Kōka was a after ''Tenpō'' and before ''Kaei.'' This period spanned the years from December 1844 through February 1848. The reigning emperors were and . Change of era * December 2, 1844 (): The new era name of ''Kōka'', meaning "Becoming Wide ...

, Minakuchi,

Shigaraki is a town located in Kōka District, Shiga Prefecture, Japan. As of 2004, the town has an estimated population of 13,885 and a density of 84.92 persons per km². The total area is 163.5 km². On October 1, 2004, Shigaraki, along with the to ...

and Tsuchiyama (all from Kōka District), was merged to create the city of

External links

Koka Sightseeing Guide
Dissolved municipalities of Shiga Prefecture Kōka, Shiga {{shiga-geo-stub