It reads あきたかたし — Aki-takata Shi. This is one of the harder names in the country: small municipalities are exactly where Japan's nandoku chimei (難読地名, "hard-to-read place names") live.
Every dot is one of Japan's 1,651 municipalities, plotted at its real coordinates. Aki-takata is marked in red.
Akitakata is a city located in north-central Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 May 2023, the city had an estimated population of 26,810 in 13,319 households and a population density of 50 persons per km². The total area of the city is 537.75 square kilometres (207.63 sq mi).The city lays claim to be the birthplace and hometown of Mōri Motonari, the Sengoku period daimyō of the 16th century.
Measured as real great-circle distance from Aki-takata.
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安芸高田市 is read あきたかたし (Aki-takata Shi). It is a city in Hiroshima Prefecture.
市 means "city" and is read shi. A city. 市 is read shi and is the most consistent of the municipal suffixes.
Aki-takata has a population of 27,249 across 538 km², making it the 772nd largest of Japan's 1,651 municipalities and the 11th largest of the 22 in Hiroshima.
The closest municipalities to Aki-takata are Kitahiroshima Cho (16 km), Higashihiroshima Shi (27 km), Sera Cho (33 km).