It reads にいみし — Niimi 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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Niimi is a city located in northwestern Okayama Prefecture, Japan. As of 28 February 2023, the city had an estimated population of 27,106 in 12,626 households. and a population density of 34 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 793.29 square kilometres (306.29 sq mi)
Measured as real great-circle distance from Niimi.
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新見市 is read にいみし (Niimi Shi). It is a city in Okayama Prefecture.
市 means "city" and is read shi. A city. 市 is read shi and is the most consistent of the municipal suffixes.
Niimi has a population of 27,526 across 793 km², making it the 767th largest of Japan's 1,651 municipalities and the 14th largest of the 27 in Okayama.
The closest municipalities to Niimi are Shinjo Son (23 km), Kibichuo Cho (24 km), Takahashi Shi (24 km).