was a

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located in

Shiga Prefecture is a landlocked prefecture of Japan in the Kansai region of Honshu. Shiga Prefecture has a population of 1,398,972 as of 1 February 2025 and has a geographic area of . Shiga Prefecture borders Fukui Prefecture to the north, Gifu Prefecture to th ...

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. As of 2003, the district had an estimated

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of 27,986 and a

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of 79.65 persons per km². The total area was 351.38 km².

Former towns and villages

* Kinomoto * Nishiazai *

Takatsuki 270px, Takatsuki City Hall is a city in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 348,020 in 164,494 households and a population density of 3.300 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Geography Takatsuki is ...

Yogo Yogo may refer to: * YoGo - an Australian snack * Yogo sapphire - a variety of sapphire found in Yogo Gulch, Montana * Yogo, Shiga - a town in Japan * Yogo (yoga) - a children's exercise based on yoga featured on the program '' Waybuloo'' * Yogo Isl ...

Merger

*On January 1, 2010, the towns of Kinomoto, Nishiazai,

and

, along with the towns of Kohoku and Torahime (both from Higashiazai District) were merged into the expanded Nagahama. Higashiazai District and Ika District were both dissolved as a result of this merger.

References

Former districts of Shiga Prefecture {{Shiga-geo-stub