It reads なぎちょう — Nagi Cho. 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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Nagi is a town located in Katsuta District, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 December 2024, the town had a population of 5,512 in 2,437 households and a population density of 79.3 persons per km². The total area of the town is 69.52 square kilometres (26.84 sq mi).
Measured as real great-circle distance from Nagi.
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奈義町 is read なぎちょう (Nagi Cho). It is a town in Okayama Prefecture.
町 means "town" and is read chō / machi. A town. 町 is read either chō or machi — which one is local convention, and it varies by region. This is one of the classic traps in Japanese place names.
Nagi has a population of 5,507 across 70 km², making it the 1327th largest of Japan's 1,651 municipalities and the 24th largest of the 27 in Okayama.
The closest municipalities to Nagi are Shoo Cho (10 km), Mimasaka Shi (12 km), Nishiawakura Son (15 km).