It reads いさし — Isa 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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Isa is a city located in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 July 2024, the city had an estimated population of 22,998 in 12567 households, and a population density of 59 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 392.56 km2 (151.57 sq mi).
Measured as real great-circle distance from Isa.
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伊佐市 is read いさし (Isa Shi). It is a city in Kagoshima Prefecture.
市 means "city" and is read shi. A city. 市 is read shi and is the most consistent of the municipal suffixes.
Isa has a population of 24,131 across 393 km², making it the 820th largest of Japan's 1,651 municipalities and the 16th largest of the 43 in Kagoshima.
The closest municipalities to Isa are Yusui Cho (16 km), Ebino Shi (19 km), Hitoyoshi Shi (22 km).