Kōka District, Shiga

Map of Koka District with Meiji period (1890) area in yellow.

Kōka (甲賀郡, Kōka-gun) was a district located in Shiga Prefecture, Japan.

As of 2003, the district had an estimated population of 147,928 and a density of 267.90 persons per km². The total area was 552.18 km².

Towns and villages

Before the dissolution in 2004, the district had seven towns as listed below. Each municipality is now a part of the city noted in the parentheses.

• Ishibe (Konan)
• Kōsei (Konan)
• Kōka (Kōka)
• Kōnan (Kōka)
• Minakuchi (Kōka)
• Shigaraki (Kōka)
• Tsuchiyama (Kōka)

Mergers

• On October 1, 2004:
  • the towns of Kōsei and Ishibe were merged to create the city of Konan.
  • the former town of Kōka absorbed the towns of Kōnan, Minakuchi, Shigaraki and Tsuchiyama to create the city of Kōka. Kōka District was dissolved as a result of this merger.

v t e Shiga Prefecture Cities Higashiōmi Hikone Kōka Konan Kusatsu Maibara Moriyama Nagahama Ōtsu (capital) Ōmihachiman Rittō Takashima Yasu Echi District Aishō Gamō District Hino Ryūō Inukami District Kōra Taga Toyosato Former Districts Azai (East and West) Ika Kanzaki Kōka Kurita Sakata Shiga Takashima Yasu See also: List of mergers in Shiga Prefecture