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  2. Prefecture - Wikipedia

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    A prefecture (from the Latin word, "praefectura") is an administrative jurisdiction traditionally governed by an appointed prefect. This can be a regional or local government subdivision in various countries, or a subdivision in certain international church structures.

  3. Prefectures of Japan - Wikipedia

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    Under a set of 1888–1890 laws on local government [2] until the 1920s, each prefecture (then only 3 -fu and 42 -ken; Hokkaidō and Okinawa-ken were subject to different laws until the 20th century) was subdivided into cities (市, shi) and districts (郡, gun) and each district into towns (町, chō/machi) and villages (村, son/mura).

  4. Prefect - Wikipedia

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    A prefect's office, department, or area of control is called a prefecture, but in various post-Roman Empire cases there is a prefect without a prefecture or vice versa. The words "prefect" and "prefecture" are also used, more or less conventionally, to render analogous words in other languages, especially Romance languages.

  5. Prefectures in France - Wikipedia

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    There are 101 prefectures in France, one for each department.The official in charge is the prefect (French: préfet).The prefecture is an administration that belongs to the Ministry of the Interior; it is therefore in charge of the delivery of identity cards, driving licenses, passports, residency and work permits for foreigners, vehicle registration, registration of associations (creation ...

  6. Administrative divisions of Japan - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. List of regions of Japan - Wikipedia

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    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.

  8. Prefect (France) - Wikipedia

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    Pascal Mailhos, then prefect of the Haute-Garonne department, in Toulouse in 2014. A prefect (French: préfet, plural préfets, both ) in France is the State's representative in a department or region. Regional prefects are ex officio the departmental prefects of the regional prefecture. Prefects are tasked with upholding the law in the ...

  9. List of terms for administrative divisions - Wikipedia

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    prefecture novads Latvia: municipality (amalgamated urban areas without town rights) NUTS Europe: Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics obec Czech Republic: municipality Slovakia: область : Countries formerly in the Soviet Union or Yugoslavia: province, region община Bulgaria: municipality okres Czech Republic