It reads ぶぜんし — Buzen 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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Buzen is a city located in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. As of 31 December 2023, the city had an estimated population of 23,844 in 11794 households, and a population density of 210 persons per km². The total area of the city is 111.10 km2 (42.90 sq mi).
Measured as real great-circle distance from Buzen.
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豊前市 is read ぶぜんし (Buzen Shi). It is a city in Fukuoka Prefecture.
市 means "city" and is read shi. A city. 市 is read shi and is the most consistent of the municipal suffixes.
Buzen has a population of 24,369 across 111 km², making it the 817th largest of Japan's 1,651 municipalities and the 39th largest of the 60 in Fukuoka.
The closest municipalities to Buzen are Yoshitomi Machi (4 km), Koge Machi (5 km), Nakatsu Shi (6 km).