It reads うだし — Uda 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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Uda is a city located in northeastern Nara Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 October 2024, the city had an estimated population of 26,814 in 12647 households, and a population density of 110 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 247.50 km2 (95.56 sq mi).
Measured as real great-circle distance from Uda.
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宇陀市 is read うだし (Uda Shi). It is a city in Nara Prefecture.
市 means "city" and is read shi. A city. 市 is read shi and is the most consistent of the municipal suffixes.
Uda has a population of 27,747 across 248 km², making it the 762nd largest of Japan's 1,651 municipalities and the 13th largest of the 39 in Nara.
The closest municipalities to Uda are Sakurai Shi (10 km), Tenri Shi (13 km), Kashihara Shi (13 km).