It reads ごじょうし — Gojo 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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Gojō is a city located in Nara Prefecture, Japan. As of 30 November 2024, the city had an estimated population of 26,998 in 13363 households, and a population density of 92 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 292.02 km2 (112.75 sq mi).
Measured as real great-circle distance from Gojo.
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五條市 is read ごじょうし (Gojo Shi). It is a city in Nara Prefecture.
市 means "city" and is read shi. A city. 市 is read shi and is the most consistent of the municipal suffixes.
Gojo has a population of 27,578 across 292 km², making it the 766th largest of Japan's 1,651 municipalities and the 14th largest of the 39 in Nara.
The closest municipalities to Gojo are Shimoichi Cho (8 km), Oyodo Cho (9 km), Hashimoto Shi (10 km).