Takashima District, Shiga

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

Takashima (高島郡, Takashima-gun) was a district located in Shiga Prefecture, Japan.

As of 2003, the district had an estimated population of 55,348 and a density 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 dissolved as a result of this merger. Upon its formation, the district has officially turned into a city

Former towns and village

Adogawa (town)
Imazu (town)
Kutsuki (village)
Makino (town)
Shin'asahi (town)
Takashima (town)

Shiga Prefecture

Ōtsu (capital)

Core city	Ōtsu

Cities	Higashiōmi Hikone Kōka Konan Kusatsu Maibara Moriyama Nagahama Ōmihachiman Rittō Takashima Yasu

Echi District	Aishō

Gamō District	Hino Ryūō

Inukami District	Kōra Taga Toyosato

List of mergers in Shiga Prefecture Former Districts Azai (East and West) Ika Kanzaki Kōka Kurita Sakata Shiga Takashima Yasu

Authority control	NDL: 00634443

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