It reads うちこちょう — Uchiko Cho. 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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Uchiko is a town located in Kita District, Ehime Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 September 2023, the town had an estimated population of 15,153 in 7005 households and a population density of 52 persons per km2. The total area of the town is 299.43 square kilometres (115.61 sq mi).
Measured as real great-circle distance from Uchiko.
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内子町 is read うちこちょう (Uchiko Cho). It is a town in Ehime 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.
Uchiko has a population of 15,191 across 299 km², making it the 983rd largest of Japan's 1,651 municipalities and the 14th largest of the 20 in Ehime.
The closest municipalities to Uchiko are Ozu Shi (10 km), Yawatahama Shi (23 km), Seiyo Shi (23 km).