It reads いわみざわし — Iwamizawa Shi.
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Iwamizawa is a city in Sorachi Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. It is the capital of Sorachi Subprefecture.
Measured as real great-circle distance from Iwamizawa.
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岩見沢市 is read いわみざわし (Iwamizawa Shi). It is a city in Hokkaido Prefecture.
市 means "city" and is read shi. A city. 市 is read shi and is the most consistent of the municipal suffixes.
Iwamizawa has a population of 79,361 across 481 km², making it the 328th largest of Japan's 1,651 municipalities and the 14th largest of the 169 in Hokkaido.
The closest municipalities to Iwamizawa are Mikasa Shi (10 km), Shinshinotsu Mura (12 km), Bibai Shi (16 km).