prefecture
Regional administrative division
A prefecture is an administrative district governed by a prefect or similar official.
The term appears most often in reference to Japan's 47 regional divisions: Osaka Prefecture, She lived in a rural prefecture north of Tokyo.
France and other countries also use prefectures as governmental units.
The word can also mean the office or residence of a prefect.
Regional administrative district
- districtBounded administrative area
- countyLocal administrative division
- divisionSplitting into parts
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
boundary · canton · subdivision · demarcation · zone · sector · locale · enclave
French administrative subdivision
- arrondissementFrench administrative subdivision
- Île-de-FranceFrench capital region
- ProvenceSoutheastern French region
- NormandyNorthern French coastal region
Brittany · Alsace · Lorraine · Burgundy · Aquitaine · Corsica · Loire · Dordogne
Japan's northernmost main island
- OsakaJapanese port metropolis
- KyotoJapan's former imperial seat
- FukuokaJapanese city on Kyushu
- OkinawaJapanese island, martial-arts origin
Kanagawa · Chiba · Hiroshima · Nagano · Miyagi · Nara · Kumamoto · Yamaguchi
Government's administrative workforce
- bureaucracyRigid administrative system
- public servantsGovernment-employed workers
- regulationsEnforced rules and standards
- proceduresSet methods for tasks
officialdom · compliance · governance · secretariat · oversight · clerks · registry · permits
province
Regional administrative district
jurisdiction · boundary · canton · subdivision · demarcation · zone · sector · locale · enclave · domain
département
French administrative subdivision
- arrondissementFrench administrative subdivision
- Île-de-FranceFrench capital region
- ProvenceSoutheastern French region
Normandy · Brittany · Alsace · Lorraine · Burgundy · Aquitaine · Corsica · Loire · Dordogne · Moselle
Hokkaido
Japan's northernmost main island
Okinawa · Kanagawa · Chiba · Hiroshima · Nagano · Miyagi · Nara · Kumamoto · Yamaguchi · Nagasaki
civil service
Government's administrative workforce
- bureaucracyRigid administrative system
- public servantsGovernment-employed workers
- regulationsEnforced rules and standards
procedures · officialdom · compliance · governance · secretariat · oversight · clerks · registry · permits · licensing
- regionsregion, regions, area, areas, zone
- East AsiaChina, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Korea
- governancegovernance, government, democracy, vote, parliament
- secteur publicpolice, justice, tribunal, prison, musee
- geographic areascountry, county, province, district, zone
- Geographic Divisionsstate, county, district, province, municipality
prefecturenation
Sovereign political entity
sovereign state · country · national government · federal government · nation-state
prefectureautonomous region
Territory with delegated self-rule
sovereign state · free city · federal state · city-state · independent republic