It reads さっぽろし — Sapporo Shi.
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Sapporo is a designated city in Hokkaido, Japan. Located in the southwest of Hokkaido, it lies within the alluvial fan of the Toyohira River, a tributary of the Ishikari River. Sapporo is the capital of Hokkaido Prefecture and Ishikari Subprefecture. As of July 31, 2023, the city has a population of 1,959,750, making it the largest city in Hokkaido and the largest north of Tokyo. It is the fifth-most populous city in Japan and is Hokkaido's cultural, economic, and political center.
Measured as real great-circle distance from Sapporo.
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札幌市 is read さっぽろし (Sapporo Shi). It is a city in Hokkaido Prefecture.
市 means "city" and is read shi. A city. 市 is read shi and is the most consistent of the municipal suffixes.
Sapporo has a population of 1,959,313 across 1121 km², making it the 4th largest of Japan's 1,651 municipalities and the 1st largest of the 169 in Hokkaido.
The closest municipalities to Sapporo are Ishikari Shi (12 km), Ebetsu Shi (15 km), Kitahiroshima Shi (19 km).