Gamō District, Shiga

Gamō (蒲生郡, Gamō-gun) is a district located in Shiga Prefecture, Japan.

Map of Gamo District in Shiga Prefecture

As of September 1, 2011, the district has an estimated population of 35,629 and a density of 220 persons per km². The total area is 162.15 km².

Towns

• Hino
• Ryūō

Merger

• On January 1, 2006 the town of Gamō merged into the city of Higashiōmi.
• On March 21, 2010 the town of Azuchi merged into the city of Ōmihachiman.

Transition

Map of Gamo District with Meiji period (1890) area in yellow, modern area in green.

Light blue autonomies are Gamō District's towns, deep blue autonomies are Gamō District's villages, and gray autonomies are others.

April 1, 1889	1889 - 1926	1927 - 1944	1945–1954		1955–1989		1990 -	Now
Hachiman (八幡)	Hachiman	Hachiman	Hachiman	March 31, 1954 Ōmihachiman (近江八幡) City	Ōmihachiman	Ōmihachiman	Ōmihachiman	Ōmihachiman
Utsuro (宇津呂)	Utsuro	March 3, 1933 incorporation into Hachiman
Shima (島)	Shima	Shima	April 1, 1951 incorporation into Hachiman
Okayama (岡山)	Okayama	Okayama	Okayama
Kaneda (金田)	Kaneda	Kaneda	Kaneda
Kirihara (桐原)	Kirihara	Kirihara	Kirihara
Mabuchi (馬淵)	Mabuchi	Mabuchi	Mabuchi
Musa (武佐)	Musa	Musa	Musa		February 1, 1958 incorporation into Ōmihachiman
Azuchi (安土)	Azuchi	Azuchi	April 1, 1954 Azuchi		Azuchi		March 21, 2010 incorporation into Ōmihachiman
Oiso (老蘇)	Oiso	Oiso
Kagamiyama (鏡山)	Kagamiyama	Kagamiyama	Kagamiyama		April 29, 1955 Ryūō (竜王)		Ryūō	Ryūō
Na (苗)	Na	Na	Na
Nakano (中野)	Nakano	Nakano	March 21, 1954 part of Kanzaki D, Yōkaichi (八日市) Town	August 15, 1954 Yōkaichi City	Yōkaichi		February 11, 2005 Higashiōmi (東近江) City	Higashiōmi
Ichinobe (市辺)	Ichinobe	Ichinobe	Ichinobe
Tamao (玉緒)	Tamao	Tamao	Tamao
Hirata (平田)	Hirata	Hirata	Hirata
Ichihara (市原)	Ichihara	Ichihara	Ichihara		April 1, 1955 part of Kanzaki D, Eigenji (永源寺) Town
Sakuragawa (桜川)	Sakuragawa	Sakuragawa	Sakuragawa		April 1, 1955 Gamō (蒲生)		January 1, 2006 incorporation into Higashiōmi
Asahino (朝日野)	Asahino	Asahino	Asahino
Hino (日野)	Hino	Hino	Hino		March 16, 1955 Hino		Hino	Hino
Kita-hissa (北比都佐)	Kita-hissa	Kita-hissa	Kita-hissa
Minami-hissa (南比都佐)	Minami-hissa	Minami-hissa	Minami-hissa
Kaigake (鎌掛)	Kaigake	Kaigake	Kaigake
Nishiōji (西大路)	Nishiōji	Nishiōji	Nishiōji
Sakuradani (桜谷)	May 12, 1894 Higashi-sakuradani (東桜谷)	Higashi-sakuradani	Higashi-sakuradani
	May 12, 1894 Nishi-sakuradani (西桜谷)	Nishi-sakuradani	Nishi-sakuradani