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.

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.

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: 00634129

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