It reads ながのし — Nagano Shi.
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Nagano is the capital and largest city of Nagano Prefecture, located in the Nagano Basin in the central Chūbu region of Japan. Nagano is categorized as a core city of Japan. Nagano City is the highest prefectural capital in Japan, with an altitude of 371.4 meters (1,219 ft). The city is surrounded by mountains, the highest of which is Mount Takatsuma (2,353 m), and it is near the confluence of the Chikuma River—the longest and widest river in Japan—and the Sai River. As of 1 July 2023, the city had an estimated population of 365,296 in 160,625 households, and a population density of 438 persons per km². The total area of the city is 834.81 square kilometres (322.32 sq mi).
Measured as real great-circle distance from Nagano.
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長野市 is read ながのし (Nagano Shi). It is a city in Nagano Prefecture.
市 means "city" and is read shi. A city. 市 is read shi and is the most consistent of the municipal suffixes.
Nagano has a population of 387,146 across 835 km², making it the 49th largest of Japan's 1,651 municipalities and the 1st largest of the 73 in Nagano.
The closest municipalities to Nagano are Suzaka Shi (10 km), Obuse Machi (10 km), Iizuna Machi (12 km).