Everything about Subprefecture totally explained
Subprefecture is an
administrative division of a country that's below
prefecture or
province.
There are twelve
Albanian counties or prefectures, each of which is subdivided into several
districts, sometimes translated as subprefectures.
» Examples:
District of Korçë,
District of Sarandë
In Brazil the subprefectures (in
portuguese subprefeituras) are administrative divisions of some big cities, such as
São Paulo and
Rio de Janeiro. The head of a subprefecture, the
subprefeito, is indicated by the municipality's mayor (in Brazil called
prefeito).
In São Paulo there are 31 subprefectures, the biggest - Parelheiros - covers 353,5 km², and the most populated - Capela do Socorro - has more than 600,000 inhabitants.
Examples: Djibasso Subprefecture
Examples: N'Gouri Subprefecture, Chari-Baguirmi Prefecture, and Massakory Subprefecture.
It was used in
Qing Dynasty. Called
ting (廳 or 厅) in
Chinese, it's also on the same level as a
department (州) and a
district (縣). And is below prefecture (府).
Examples:
Tamsui (Danshui) Subprefecture (淡水廳 dan4 shui3 ting1) and
Kavalan (Ga'malan) Subprefecture (噶瑪蘭廳 ga2 ma3 lan2) (both in
Taiwan).
A
Sous-préfecture is the administrative town of an
arrondissement where an arrondissement doesn't contain the
préfecture. The
civil servant in charge of local
executive power is the
sous-préfet.
Examples:
Aix-en-Provence,
Apt,
Arles,
Bayonne,
Boulogne-Billancourt,
Boulogne-sur-Mer,
Calais,
Cambrai,
Chalon-sur-Saône,
Château-Thierry,
Cherbourg,
Le Havre,
Narbonne,
Reims,
Saint-Germain-en-Laye,
Saint-Omer,
Sedan,
Vichy
Examples:
Examples:
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.
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