It reads かみこあにむら — Kamikoani Mura. 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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Kamikoani is a village located in Akita Prefecture, Japan. As of 28 February 2023, the village had an estimated population of 2,012 in 1097 households, and a population density 7.8 persons per km2. The total area of the village is 256.72 square kilometres (99.12 sq mi).
Measured as real great-circle distance from Kamikoani.
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上小阿仁村 is read かみこあにむら (Kamikoani Mura). It is a village in Akita Prefecture.
村 means "village" and is read mura / son. A village. 村 is read either mura or son, again by local convention rather than by rule.
Kamikoani has a population of 2,024 across 257 km², making it the 1528th largest of Japan's 1,651 municipalities and the 23rd largest of the 24 in Akita.
The closest municipalities to Kamikoani are Kitaakita Shi (19 km), Gojome Machi (22 km), Fujisato Machi (23 km).