It reads つくみし — Tsukumi 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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Tsukumi is a city located in Ōita Prefecture, Japan. As of 31 August 2023, the city had an estimated population of 15,492 in 7,666 households, and a population density of 190 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 79.48 km2 (30.69 sq mi). Although it has the smallest population among the cities in Ōita Prefecture, it has the third highest population density after Ōita City and Beppu City.
Measured as real great-circle distance from Tsukumi.
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津久見市 is read つくみし (Tsukumi Shi). It is a city in Ōita Prefecture.
市 means "city" and is read shi. A city. 市 is read shi and is the most consistent of the municipal suffixes.
Tsukumi has a population of 15,664 across 80 km², making it the 966th largest of Japan's 1,651 municipalities and the 14th largest of the 18 in Ōita.
The closest municipalities to Tsukumi are Usuki Shi (8 km), Saiki Shi (13 km), Bungoono Shi (28 km).