It reads みやこじまし — Miyakojima Shi.
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Miyakojima is a city in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, located on the Miyako Islands. As of 2025, it had a population of 53,035.
Measured as real great-circle distance from Miyakojima.
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宮古島市 is read みやこじまし (Miyakojima Shi). It is a city in Okinawa Prefecture.
市 means "city" and is read shi. A city. 市 is read shi and is the most consistent of the municipal suffixes.
Miyakojima has a population of 52,390 across 204 km², making it the 476th largest of Japan's 1,651 municipalities and the 9th largest of the 41 in Okinawa.
The closest municipalities to Miyakojima are Tarama Son (60 km), Ishigaki Shi (125 km), Taketomi Cho (153 km).