It reads あばしりし — Abashiri Shi.
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Abashiri is a city located in Okhotsk Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan.
Measured as real great-circle distance from Abashiri.
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網走市 is read あばしりし (Abashiri Shi). It is a city in Hokkaido Prefecture.
市 means "city" and is read shi. A city. 市 is read shi and is the most consistent of the municipal suffixes.
Abashiri has a population of 34,640 across 471 km², making it the 654th largest of Japan's 1,651 municipalities and the 21st largest of the 169 in Hokkaido.
The closest municipalities to Abashiri are Ozora Cho (15 km), Koshimizu Cho (24 km), Bihoro Cho (26 km).