Gamo District, Shiga

{{Unreferenced|date=December 2009}} [[File:Gamo District Shiga.png|thumb|Map of Gamo District with Meiji period (1890) area in yellow, modern area in green.]] {{Nihongo|'''Gamō'''|蒲生郡|Gamō-gun}} is a [[districts of Japan|district]] located in [[Shiga Prefecture|Shiga]], [[Japan]]. As of September 1, 2011, the district has an estimated [[population]] of 35,629 and a [[population density|density]] of 220 persons per km². The total area is 162.15 km². ==Merger== *On January 1, 2006 the town of [[Gamō, Shiga|Gamō]] merged into the city of [[Higashiōmi, Shiga|Higashiōmi]]. *On March 21, 2010 the town of [[Azuchi, Shiga|Azuchi]] merged into the city of [[Ōmihachiman, Shiga|Ōmihachiman]]. ==Transition== Light blue autonomies are Gamō District's towns, deep blue autonomies are Gamō District's villages, and gray autonomies are others. {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:x-small" !April 1, 1889 !1889 - 1926 !1927 - 1944 ! colspan="2" |1945–1954 ! colspan="2" |1955–1989 !1990 - !Now |- | style="background-color:#6ff;" | Hachiman (八幡) | style="background-color:#6ff;" | Hachiman | style="background-color:#6ff;" | Hachiman | rowspan="2" style="background-color:#6ff;" | Hachiman | rowspan="7" | March 31, 1954
[[Ōmihachiman, Shiga|Ōmihachiman]] (近江八幡) City | rowspan="7" | Ōmihachiman | rowspan="8" | Ōmihachiman | rowspan="8" | Ōmihachiman | rowspan="10" | Ōmihachiman |- | style="background-color:#9cf;" | Utsuro (宇津呂) | style="background-color:#9cf;" | Utsuro | style="background-color:#6ff;" | March 3, 1933
incorporation into Hachiman |- | style="background-color:#9cf;" | Shima (島) | style="background-color:#9cf;" | Shima | style="background-color:#9cf;" | Shima | style="background-color:#6ff;" | April 1, 1951
incorporation into Hachiman |- | style="background-color:#9cf;" | Okayama (岡山) | style="background-color:#9cf;" | Okayama | style="background-color:#9cf;" | Okayama | style="background-color:#9cf;" | Okayama |- | style="background-color:#9cf;" | Kaneda (金田) | style="background-color:#9cf;" | Kaneda | style="background-color:#9cf;" | Kaneda | style="background-color:#9cf;" | Kaneda |- | style="background-color:#9cf;" | Kirihara (桐原) | style="background-color:#9cf;" | Kirihara | style="background-color:#9cf;" | Kirihara | style="background-color:#9cf;" | Kirihara |- | style="background-color:#9cf;" | Mabuchi (馬淵) | style="background-color:#9cf;" | Mabuchi | style="background-color:#9cf;" | Mabuchi | style="background-color:#9cf;" | Mabuchi |- | style="background-color:#9cf;" | Musa (武佐) | style="background-color:#9cf;" | Musa | style="background-color:#9cf;" | Musa | colspan="2" style="background-color:#9cf;" | Musa | February 1, 1958
incorporation into Ōmihachiman |- | style="background-color:#9cf;" | Azuchi (安土) | style="background-color:#9cf;" | Azuchi | style="background-color:#9cf;" | Azuchi | rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="background-color:#6ff;" | April 1, 1954
Azuchi | rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="background-color:#6ff;" | Azuchi | rowspan="2" | March 21, 2010
incorporation into Ōmihachiman |- | style="background-color:#9cf;" | Oiso (老蘇) | style="background-color:#9cf;" | Oiso | style="background-color:#9cf;" | Oiso |- | style="background-color:#9cf;" | Kagamiyama (鏡山) | style="background-color:#9cf;" | Kagamiyama | style="background-color:#9cf;" | Kagamiyama | colspan="2" style="background-color:#9cf;" | Kagamiyama | rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="background-color:#6ff;" | April 29, 1955
Ryūō (竜王) | rowspan="2" style="background-color:#6ff;" | Ryūō | rowspan="2" style="background-color:#6ff;" | Ryūō |- | style="background-color:#9cf;" | Na (苗) | style="background-color:#9cf;" | Na | style="background-color:#9cf;" | Na | colspan="2" style="background-color:#9cf;" | Na |- | style="background-color:#9cf;" | Nakano (中野) | style="background-color:#9cf;" | Nakano | style="background-color:#9cf;" | Nakano | March 21, 1954
part of [[Kanzaki District, Shiga|Kanzaki D]], Yōkaichi (八日市) Town | rowspan="4" | August 15, 1954
[[Yōkaichi, Shiga|Yōkaichi]] City | rowspan="4" colspan="2" | Yōkaichi | rowspan="5" | February 11, 2005
Higashiōmi (東近江) City | rowspan="7" | Higashiōmi |- | style="background-color:#9cf;" | Ichinobe (市辺) | style="background-color:#9cf;" | Ichinobe | style="background-color:#9cf;" | Ichinobe | style="background-color:#9cf;" | Ichinobe |- | style="background-color:#9cf;" | Tamao (玉緒) | style="background-color:#9cf;" | Tamao | style="background-color:#9cf;" | Tamao | style="background-color:#9cf;" | Tamao |- | style="background-color:#9cf;" | Hirata (平田) | style="background-color:#9cf;" | Hirata | style="background-color:#9cf;" | Hirata | style="background-color:#9cf;" | Hirata |- | style="background-color:#9cf;" | Ichihara (市原) | style="background-color:#9cf;" | Ichihara | style="background-color:#9cf;" | Ichihara | colspan="2" style="background-color:#9cf;" | Ichihara | colspan="2" | April 1, 1955
part of Kanzaki D, [[Eigenji, Shiga|Eigenji]] (永源寺) Town |- | style="background-color:#9cf;" | Sakuragawa (桜川) | style="background-color:#9cf;" | Sakuragawa | style="background-color:#9cf;" | Sakuragawa | colspan="2" style="background-color:#9cf;" | Sakuragawa | rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="background-color:#6ff;" | April 1, 1955
Gamō (蒲生) | rowspan="2" | January 1, 2006
incorporation into Higashiōmi |- | style="background-color:#9cf;" | Asahino (朝日野) | style="background-color:#9cf;" | Asahino | style="background-color:#9cf;" | Asahino | colspan="2" style="background-color:#9cf;" | Asahino |- | style="background-color:#6ff;" | Hino (日野) | style="background-color:#6ff;" | Hino | style="background-color:#6ff;" | Hino | colspan="2" style="background-color:#6ff;" | Hino | rowspan="7" colspan="2" style="background-color:#6ff;" | March 16, 1955
Hino | rowspan="7" style="background-color:#6ff;" | Hino | rowspan="7" style="background-color:#6ff;" | Hino |- | style="background-color:#9cf;" | Kita-hissa (北比都佐) | style="background-color:#9cf;" | Kita-hissa | style="background-color:#9cf;" | Kita-hissa | colspan="2" style="background-color:#9cf;" | Kita-hissa |- | style="background-color:#9cf;" | Minami-hissa (南比都佐) | style="background-color:#9cf;" | Minami-hissa | style="background-color:#9cf;" | Minami-hissa | colspan="2" style="background-color:#9cf;" | Minami-hissa |- | style="background-color:#9cf;" | Kaigake (鎌掛) | style="background-color:#9cf;" | Kaigake | style="background-color:#9cf;" | Kaigake | colspan="2" style="background-color:#9cf;" | Kaigake |- | style="background-color:#9cf;" | Nishiōji (西大路) | style="background-color:#9cf;" | Nishiōji | style="background-color:#9cf;" | Nishiōji | colspan="2" style="background-color:#9cf;" | Nishiōji |- | rowspan="2" style="background-color:#9cf;" | Sakuradani (桜谷) | style="background-color:#9cf;" | May 12, 1894
Higashi-sakuradani (東桜谷) | style="background-color:#9cf;" | Higashi-sakuradani | colspan="2" style="background-color:#9cf;" | Higashi-sakuradani |- | style="background-color:#9cf;" | May 12, 1894
Nishi-sakuradani (西桜谷) | style="background-color:#9cf;" | Nishi-sakuradani | colspan="2" style="background-color:#9cf;" | Nishi-sakuradani |} {{Shiga}} {{coord missing|Shiga Prefecture}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Gamo District, Shiga}}