Ika District, Shiga

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

Ika (伊香郡, Ika-gun) was a district located in Shiga Prefecture, Japan.

As of 2003, the district had an estimated population of 27,986 and a density of 79.65 persons per km². The total area was 351.38 km².

Former towns and villages

On January 1, 2010, the towns of Kinomoto, Nishiazai, Takatsuki and Yogo, 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.^[1]

Authority control	NDL: 00400277

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

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