Prefecture

A prefecture (from the Latin Praefectura) is an administrative jurisdiction or subdivision in any of various countries and within some international church structures, and in antiquity a Roman district governed by an appointed prefect.

Other articles related to "prefecture, prefectures":

Towa - Japanese Municipalities
... Tōwa, Fukushima, a town in Fukushima Prefecture Tōwa, Iwate, a town in Iwate Prefecture Towa, Kōchi, a village in Kōchi Prefecture Tōwa, Yamaguchi ...
Analogous Prefectures - Venezuelan Equivalent
... Traditionally the prefecture as being the City Hall and the prefect as being the equivalent of a mayor and commissioner until recently now the prefectures and ...
Takasaki Line
... is a Japanese railway line which runs between Ōmiya Station in Saitama, Saitama Prefecture and Takasaki Station in Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture ... Line serves many major cities within Saitama Prefecture, it is a vital means of transport within the prefecture ...
Shizuoka
... Shizuoka can refer to Shizuoka Prefecture, a Japanese prefecture with 3.7 million people Shizuoka City, a city in Shizuoka Prefecture with 700,000 people ...
Hidaka
... places Hidaka, Saitama, a city in Saitama Prefecture Hidaka, Kochi, a village in Kochi Prefecture Hidaka, Hyogo, a former town in Hyōgo Prefecture ...