It reads ちとせし — Chitose Shi.
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Chitose is a city located in Ishikari Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan, and home to the New Chitose Airport, the biggest international airport in Hokkaido and closest airport to Sapporo, as well as the neighboring Chitose Air Base. As of February 1, 2024, the city had an estimated population of 97,919, with 52,196 households, and a population density of 165 persons per km². The total area is 594.50 km². The city was founded on July 1, 1958. The city is notable for having a Peace Pagoda, built by the Japanese Buddhist order Nipponzan Myohoji in 1978.
Measured as real great-circle distance from Chitose.
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千歳市 is read ちとせし (Chitose 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.
Chitose has a population of 97,945 across 595 km², making it the 270th largest of Japan's 1,651 municipalities and the 12th largest of the 169 in Hokkaido.
The closest municipalities to Chitose are Eniwa Shi (9 km), Abira Cho (15 km), Kitahiroshima Shi (20 km).