It reads うきはし — Ukiha 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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Ukiha is a city located in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. As of 31 January 2024, the city had an estimated population of 27,723 in 11449 households, and a population density of 240 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 117.46 km2 (45.35 sq mi).
Measured as real great-circle distance from Ukiha.
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うきは市 is read うきはし (Ukiha Shi). It is a city in Fukuoka Prefecture.
市 means "city" and is read shi. A city. 市 is read shi and is the most consistent of the municipal suffixes.
Ukiha has a population of 27,474 across 118 km², making it the 768th largest of Japan's 1,651 municipalities and the 37th largest of the 60 in Fukuoka.
The closest municipalities to Ukiha are Toho Mura (11 km), Asakura Shi (11 km), Tachiarai Machi (13 km).