was a town

Towns of Japan

A town is a local administrative unit in Japan. It is a local public body along with prefecture , city , and village...

 located in Kanzaki District

Kanzaki District, Shiga

Kanzaki was a district located in Shiga, Japan.As of 2003, the district had an estimated population of 41,048 and a density of 179.51 persons per km²...

, Shiga

Shiga Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan, which forms part of the Kansai region on Honshu Island. The capital is the city of Ōtsu.- History :Shiga was known as Ōmi Province or Gōshū before the prefectural system was established...

, Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

. It touches the Lake Biwa

Lake Biwa

is the largest freshwater lake in Japan, located in Shiga Prefecture , northeast of the former capital city of Kyoto. Because of its proximity to the ancient capital, references to Lake Biwa appear frequently in Japanese literature, particularly in poetry and in historical accounts of battles.-...

 on the northeast.

On January 1, 2006 Notogawa, along with the town of Gamō

Gamo, Shiga

was a town located in Gamō District, Shiga, Japan.On January 1, 2006 Gamō, along with the town of Notogawa, from Kanzaki District, was merged into the expanded city of Higashiōmi....

, from Gamō District

Gamo District, Shiga

is a district located in Shiga, Japan.As of September 1, 2011, the district has an estimated population of 35,629 and a density of 220 persons per km²...

, was merged into the expanded city of Higashiōmi

Higashiomi, Shiga

is a city located in Shiga Prefecture, Japan.As of 2008, the city has an estimated population of 117,557 and the density of 303 persons per km². The total area is 388.58 km²....

.

As of 2003, the town had an estimated population

Population

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 of 22,870 and a density

Population density

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 of 734.90 persons per km². The total area was 31.12 km². Location (Notogawa Station

Notogawa Station

is a train station in Higashiōmi, Shiga, Japan.-Stations next to Notogawa:...

): N35.179899,E136.165913.