It reads しんぐうし — Shingu 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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Shingū is a city located in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 November 2021, the city had an estimated population of 27,491 in 14649 households and a population density of 110 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 255.23 square kilometres (98.54 sq mi). Shingū literally means 'New Shrine' and refers to Hayatama Shrine, one of the Three Grand Shrines of Kumano (See). The 'old shrine' would be Kamikura Shrine.
Measured as real great-circle distance from Shingu.
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新宮市 is read しんぐうし (Shingu Shi). It is a city in Wakayama Prefecture.
市 means "city" and is read shi. A city. 市 is read shi and is the most consistent of the municipal suffixes.
Shingu has a population of 26,628 across 255 km², making it the 778th largest of Japan's 1,651 municipalities and the 7th largest of the 29 in Wakayama.
The closest municipalities to Shingu are Kiho Cho (2 km), Nachikatsuura Cho (11 km), Taiji Cho (14 km).