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prefecture ion of a Prefect; consequentally, like that word, is its applied in English in relation to actual Prefects, whose title is just that (or the forms it takes in other, especially Romance, languages), in the broadest sense in the Roman tradition, but also by analogy, more or less conventionally, to render offices deemed equivalent in other languages' cultural traditions.

table or area since the tetrarchy, when king Diocletian divided the Roman Empire into 4 districts (each divided into dioceses, grouping under a i a number of Roman provinces, listed under that article), , however, maintained two pretorian prefectures as an administrative level above the also surviving dioceses (a few of which got split).

As canon law is strongly inspired by Roman law, it is not surprising that the Catholic Church has several offices under a prefect (while that term occurs also in otherwise (Greek: νομοί) which form the units of local government. These are most commonly translated into English as b who was until recently a ministerial appointee but is nowadays elected by direct popular vote. Municipal elections in Greece are held every four years and voting for the election of nomarchs and mayors is carried out concurrently but with separate ballots.

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When used in the context of Chinese history, especially China before the Tang Dynasty, the word "prefecture" is used to translate i縣). This unit of administration is translated as "county" when used in a contemporary context.

See b

In the context of Chinese history during or after the Tang Dynasty, the word "prefecture" is used to translate i (地区; pinyin: dìqū) is an administrative division found in the second level of the administrative hierarchy. In addition to prefectures, this level also includes autonomous prefectures, leagues, and prefecture-level cities. The prefecture level comes under the province level, and in turn oversees the county level.

See b) is used for translating references to an administrative district, which is about the area of a county in the United States but, on average, about half the population of a state.

The local self-governing system of Japan consists of 2 classes: prefectures as the large area local governing units and municipalities, the basic local governing units. In the Eastern sense, the administrative segregation of a unified nation is usually trifold: the nation, large area local governing units, and basic local governing units. Japan fits this pattern.

Japan is divided into 47 prefectures and each prefecture is further divided into municipalities. These prefectures and municipalities have no overlapping districts or uncovered areas. In short, all the residents in Japan are sure to belong to one prefecture and one municipality.

These prefectures and municipalities are not merely set up as the nation's administrative section, but also as corporate bodies--independent from the country-- that possess their own basic governing areas and local residents as their constituents. They hold administrative power within the districts in question. In Nagasaki and Hokkaido, subprefectures are used as special administrative units, due to peculiarities of governmental evolution and the difficulty in centrally governing certain large or remote areas.

The current prefectural system in Japan was settled in the Meiji era after the new government abolished feudal clans or i. This is called the "Abolition of the han system". See Meiji era in History of Japan for historical background of this event.

Mongolian prefectures (aymag) were adopted under the Manchu Empire. Today it is usually translated as "province". .

See also: List of terms for subnational entities, List of subnational entities, Matrix of subnational entities