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Tōsandō included Musashi Province after 711. [5] Ōmi. entire Shiga; Mino. southern Gifu; Hida. northern Gifu (around Takayama) Shinano. entire Nagano (northern Nagano without Suwa) Suwa (created in 721 from Shinano, later rejoined back in 731) southern Nagano (Ina (Kamiina and Shimoina) and Suwa Districts) Kōzuke (broke off from Kenu during ...
The top tier of administrative divisions are the 47 prefectural entities: 43 prefectures (県, ken) proper, two urban prefectures (府, fu, Osaka and Kyōto), one "circuit" (道, dō, Hokkaidō), and one "metropolis" (都, to, Tokyo Metropolis). Although different in name, they are functionally the same.
One common division, preferred by the English Wikipedia, groups the prefectures into eight regions. In that division, of the four main islands of Japan, Hokkaidō , Shikoku , and Kyūshū make up one region each, the latter also containing the Satsunan Islands , while the largest island Honshū is divided into five regions.
Some other prefectures also have branch offices that carry out prefectural administrative functions outside the capital. Tokyo, the capital of Japan, is a merged city-prefecture; a metropolis, it has features of both cities and prefectures. Each prefecture has its own mon for identification, the equivalent of a coat of arms in the West.
The Provinces of Japan were replaced with the current prefecture system in the Fuhanken sanchisei during the Meiji Restoration from 1868 to 1871, except for Hokkaido, which was divided into provinces from 1869 to 1882. No order has ever been issued explicitly abolishing the provinces, but they are considered obsolete as administrative units ...
20 prefectures (préfectures) 84 sub-prefectures (sous-préfectures) 198 communes: 1 autonomous commune (commune autonome): Bangui: 4 sub-prefectures (sous-préfectures) 8 urban districts (arrondissements) 16 groups (groupements) 205 neighbourhoods (quartiers) 2 communes: Chad: Unitary 23 regions (régions) 67 departments (départements) [ab]
Japanese prefectures by annual population change, in percent (Oct 1, 2021 to Oct 1, 2022). Japanese prefectures by population density (2022). The tan color means between 0 and 99 per km2. This is a list of Japanese prefectures by population. For details of administrative divisions of Japan, see Prefectures of Japan.
In several waves of mergers, splits and territorial transfers – the first major consolidation followed immediately in 1871/72 – the prefectures were reorganized to encompass contiguous, compact territories, no longer resembling Edo period han, but in many cases territorially identical to provinces which had remained the most important ...