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Further note: This category's subcategories are indexed according to country, but its directly included articles are not: they are indexed by type of subdivision (provinces, counties, etc). Articles with non-English subdivision terms in their titles either have their redirects indexed instead, or are indexed by the common English translation ...
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.
Some Japanese prefectures have branch offices called 支庁 (shichō) in Japanese, which are translated in English as "subprefectures", "branch offices", or "branches of the prefectural government". See details in Subprefectures of Japan and an example of Kushiro Subprefecture .
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 ...
2 non-boroughs [bp] 2 integral overseas areas: Jan Mayen: Svalbard: 3 dependencies: Bouvet Island: Peter I Island [bq] Queen Maud Land [br] Oman: Unitary 11 governorates (muḥāfaẓāt) 61 provinces Pakistan: Federal 4 provinces 2 autonomous territories: 38 divisions: 168 districts: 596 Tehsils: Almost 6,000 Union Councils: 1 federal capital ...
Mutsu Province (陸奥国, Mutsu no kuni), officially called Rikuō Province (陸奥国, Rikuō no kuni) was an old province of Japan in the area of Iwate and Aomori prefecture. [ 1 ] It was also known as Ōshū ( 奥州 ) or Rikushū ( 陸州 ) .
What's The Saying is a fun and challenging game that will put your brain to work. The object of the game is to match a common phrase with an accompanying coded image. These will test even the most ...
Han usually comprised territories around/near the capital, but were beyond that in many cases disconnected and distributed over several provinces. The han system was abolished by the Meiji government in 1871 when all remaining -han were transformed into -ken ("prefectures"). In several waves of mergers, splits and territorial transfers – the ...