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| | Shiga Prefecture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) |
 | | Shiga shares a border with Fukui Prefecture in the north, Gifu Prefecture in the east, Mie Prefecture in the southeast, and Kyoto Prefecture in the west. |
 | | On January 1, 2005, all five towns and one village in the former Takashima District, Shiga comprising Adogawa, Shiga, Imazu, Shiga, Shinasahi, Shiga, Makino, Shiga, and Takashima, Shiga towns and Kutsuki, Shiga village merged to form Takashima, Shiga city. |
 | | The adjacent lakeside town of Notogawa, Shiga and Ryuou, Shiga town are slated to merge with Higashiomi, Shiga on Jan. 1, 2006. |
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