It reads せんぼくし — Senboku 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.
This place is one of 1,651 in Chimei, our Japan city game. Read the kanji, then pin it on the map.
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Semboku is a city located in Akita Prefecture, Japan. As of 31 January 2023, the city had an estimated population of 24,045 in 10,398 households, and a population density of 22 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 1,093.56 square kilometers (422 sq mi).
Measured as real great-circle distance from Senboku.
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仙北市 is read せんぼくし (Senboku Shi). It is a city in Akita Prefecture.
市 means "city" and is read shi. A city. 市 is read shi and is the most consistent of the municipal suffixes.
Senboku has a population of 24,515 across 1094 km², making it the 813th largest of Japan's 1,651 municipalities and the 12th largest of the 24 in Akita.
The closest municipalities to Senboku are Shizukuishi Cho (21 km), Takizawa Shi (30 km), Daisen Shi (35 km).