It reads ごぼうし — Gobo 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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Gobō is a city located in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. As of May 2024, the city had an estimated population of 21,260 in 10,801 households and a population density of 480 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 43.91 square kilometres (16.95 sq mi).
Measured as real great-circle distance from Gobo.
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御坊市 is read ごぼうし (Gobo Shi). It is a city in Wakayama Prefecture.
市 means "city" and is read shi. A city. 市 is read shi and is the most consistent of the municipal suffixes.
Gobo has a population of 22,744 across 44 km², making it the 839th largest of Japan's 1,651 municipalities and the 10th largest of the 29 in Wakayama.
The closest municipalities to Gobo are Mihama Cho (3 km), Hidakagawa Cho (4 km), Hidaka Cho (4 km).