It reads みやづし — Miyazu 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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Miyazu is a city located in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. As of 28 February 2022, the city had an estimated population of 16,988 in 8348 households and a population density of 98 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 172.74 square kilometres (66.70 sq mi).
Measured as real great-circle distance from Miyazu.
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宮津市 is read みやづし (Miyazu Shi). It is a city in Kyoto Prefecture.
市 means "city" and is read shi. A city. 市 is read shi and is the most consistent of the municipal suffixes.
Miyazu has a population of 16,564 across 169 km², making it the 945th largest of Japan's 1,651 municipalities and the 17th largest of the 26 in Kyoto.
The closest municipalities to Miyazu are Yosano Cho (5 km), Kyotango Shi (16 km), Ine Cho (17 km).