It reads きたあきたし — Kitaakita 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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Kitaakita is a city located in Akita Prefecture, Japan. As of 28 February 2023, the city had an estimated population of 29,201, and a population density of 120 persons per km2. and a population density of 25 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 1,152.76 square kilometres (445.08 sq mi).
Measured as real great-circle distance from Kitaakita.
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北秋田市 is read きたあきたし (Kitaakita Shi). It is a city in Akita Prefecture.
市 means "city" and is read shi. A city. 市 is read shi and is the most consistent of the municipal suffixes.
Kitaakita has a population of 29,696 across 1153 km², making it the 729th largest of Japan's 1,651 municipalities and the 9th largest of the 24 in Akita.
The closest municipalities to Kitaakita are Fujisato Machi (11 km), Odate Shi (17 km), Kamikoani Mura (19 km).