It reads みねし — Mine 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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Mine is a city located in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 April 2023, the city had an estimated population of 21,919 in 10661 households and a population density of 46 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 1,472.64 square kilometres (568.59 sq mi).
Measured as real great-circle distance from Mine.
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美祢市 is read みねし (Mine Shi). It is a city in Yamaguchi Prefecture.
市 means "city" and is read shi. A city. 市 is read shi and is the most consistent of the municipal suffixes.
Mine has a population of 23,236 across 473 km², making it the 832nd largest of Japan's 1,651 municipalities and the 13th largest of the 19 in Yamaguchi.
The closest municipalities to Mine are San-yo-onoda Shi (18 km), Nagato Shi (23 km), Yamaguchi Shi (24 km).