It reads あくねし — Akune 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.
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Akune is a city located in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. As of 29 February 2024, the city had an estimated population of 18,297 in 9698 households, and a population density of 140 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 134.28 km2 (51.85 sq mi).
Measured as real great-circle distance from Akune.
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阿久根市 is read あくねし (Akune Shi). It is a city in Kagoshima Prefecture.
市 means "city" and is read shi. A city. 市 is read shi and is the most consistent of the municipal suffixes.
Akune has a population of 19,009 across 134 km², making it the 897th largest of Japan's 1,651 municipalities and the 19th largest of the 43 in Kagoshima.
The closest municipalities to Akune are Izumi Shi (17 km), Nagashima Cho (19 km), Satsumasendai Shi (25 km).