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{{Short description|Former district in Shiga prefecture, Japan}}
[[File:Shiga Takashima-gun.png|thumb|Map of Takashima District with Meiji period (1890) area in yellow.]]

{{nihongo|'''Takashima'''|高島郡|Takashima-gun}} was a [[Districts of Japan|district]] located in [[Shiga Prefecture]], [[Japan]].

As of 2003, the district had an estimated [[population]] of 55,348 and a [[population density|density]] of 108.24 persons per km<sup>2</sup>. The total area was 511.36&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>.

On January 1, 2005, the former town of [[Takashima, Shiga (town)|Takashima]] absorbed the towns of [[Adogawa, Shiga|Adogawa]], [[Imazu, Shiga|Imazu]], [[Makino, Shiga|Makino]] and [[Shin'asahi, Shiga|Shin'asahi]], and the village of [[Kutsuki, Shiga|Kutsuki]] to create the city of [[Takashima, Shiga|Takashima]].<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=imkxAQAAIAAJ&q=%22%E9%AB%98%E5%B3%B6%E9%83%A1%22+%22%E9%AB%98%E5%B3%B6%E5%B8%82%22+2005 |title=平成大合併がわかる日本地図 |date=2006-03-30 |publisher=朝日新聞社 |isbn=978-4-02-222072-1 |pages=28 |language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=高島市：庁舎機能を統合 本館と新館始動 ／滋賀 |url=https://mainichi.jp/articles/20190508/ddl/k25/010/455000c |access-date=2024-02-03 |website=毎日新聞 |language=ja}}</ref> Therefore, Takashima District was converted into a city.

==Former towns and village==
* [[Adogawa, Shiga|Adogawa]] ([[List of towns in Japan|town]])
* [[Imazu, Shiga|Imazu]] (town)
* [[Kutsuki, Shiga|Kutsuki]] ([[List of villages in Japan|village]])
* [[Makino, Shiga|Makino]] (town)
* [[Shin'asahi, Shiga|Shin'asahi]] (town)
* [[Takashima, Shiga (town)|Takashima]] (town)

== References ==
{{Reference list}}{{Shiga}}

{{coord missing|Shiga Prefecture}}

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[[Category:Former districts of Shiga Prefecture]]


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