It reads にしはらちょう — Nishihara Cho.
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西原町 is read にしはらちょう (Nishihara Cho). It is a town in Okinawa 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.
Nishihara has a population of 34,802 across 16 km², making it the 652nd largest of Japan's 1,651 municipalities and the 14th largest of the 41 in Okinawa.
The closest municipalities to Nishihara are Yonabaru Cho (4 km), Urasoe Shi (4 km), Haebaru Cho (5 km).