It reads ひたちなかし — Hitachinaka Shi.
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Hitachinaka is a city located in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 July 2020, the city had an estimated population of 154,663 in 64,900 households and a population density of 1547 persons per km2. The percentage of the population aged over 65 was 26.1%. The total area of the city is 99.96 square kilometres (38.59 sq mi). It is a "hiragana city", the place name is written with the hiragana syllabary and not the traditional kanji.
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ひたちなか市 is read ひたちなかし (Hitachinaka Shi). It is a city in Ibaraki Prefecture.
市 means "city" and is read shi. A city. 市 is read shi and is the most consistent of the municipal suffixes.
Hitachinaka has a population of 157,060 across 100 km², making it the 155th largest of Japan's 1,651 municipalities and the 5th largest of the 42 in Ibaraki.
The closest municipalities to Hitachinaka are Mito Shi (7 km), Tokai Mura (8 km), Naka Shi (8 km).