It reads まつうらし — Matsuura 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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Matsuura is a city located in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 June 2024, the city had an estimated population of 20,667 in 9936 households, and a population density of 160 people per km2. The total area of the city is 130.55 km2 (50.41 sq mi)
Measured as real great-circle distance from Matsuura.
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松浦市 is read まつうらし (Matsuura Shi). It is a city in Nagasaki Prefecture.
市 means "city" and is read shi. A city. 市 is read shi and is the most consistent of the municipal suffixes.
Matsuura has a population of 21,203 across 131 km², making it the 861st largest of Japan's 1,651 municipalities and the 15th largest of the 21 in Nagasaki.
The closest municipalities to Matsuura are Saza Cho (13 km), Hirado Shi (15 km), Imari Shi (18 km).