It reads ごせし — Gose 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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Gose is a city located in Nara Prefecture, Japan. As of 9 December 2024, the city had an estimated population of 23,196 in 11958 households, and a population density of 380 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 60.58 km2 (23.39 sq mi).
Measured as real great-circle distance from Gose.
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御所市 is read ごせし (Gose 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.
Gose has a population of 24,317 across 61 km², making it the 818th largest of Japan's 1,651 municipalities and the 16th largest of the 39 in Nara.
The closest municipalities to Gose are Katsuragi Shi (3 km), Takatori Cho (5 km), Yamatotakada Shi (6 km).