Daito, Iwate

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This article is about the former town in Iwate Prefecture, Japan. For the city, see Daito, Osaka. There were also towns with this name in other prefectures, see Daito, Shimane or Daito, Shizuoka.

Daitō (大東町; -chou) was a town located in Higashiiwai District, Iwate, Japan. On September 20, 2005 the town merged with two other towns and two villages from the district, and a town from Nishiiwai District, into the expanded city of Ichinoseki.

As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 16,962 and a density of 60.86 persons per km². The total area was 278.71 km².