was a

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located in

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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. As of 2003, the district had an estimated

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of 55,348 and a

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of 108.24 persons per km². The total area was 511.36 km². On January 1, 2005, the former town of Takashima absorbed the towns of Adogawa, Imazu, Makino and Shin'asahi, and the village of Kutsuki to create the city of Takashima. Therefore, Takashima District was converted into a city.

Former towns and village

* Adogawa (

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) * Imazu (town) * Kutsuki (

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) * Makino (town) * Shin'asahi (town) * Takashima (town) Former districts of Shiga Prefecture {{Shiga-geo-stub