• Source: Subprefecture

A subprefecture is an administrative division of a country that is below prefecture or province.




Albania


There are twelve Albanian counties or prefectures, each of which is divided into several districts, sometimes translated as subprefectures.

Examples: District of Korçë, District of Sarandë




Brazil


In Brazil the subprefectures (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 32 subprefectures. The largest in total area, Parelheiros, covers 353.5 km2, and the most populous, Capela do Socorro, has more than 600,000 inhabitants.




Burkina Faso


Example: Djibasso Subprefecture




Central African Republic






Chad



Examples: N'Gouri Subprefecture, Massakory Subprefecture




China



It was used in Qing dynasty. Called ting (廳 or 厅) in Chinese, it is also on the same level as a department (州) and a district (縣), and is below a prefecture (府).
Example:

Aihun Ting in the late-Qing Heilongjiang
A separate term also translated as subprefecture was jūnmínfǔ (t 軍民府, s 军民府), for instance at Qianshan in Guangdong.




France



A subprefecture is the administrative town of an arrondissement where an arrondissement does not contain the prefecture. 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-Malo, Saint-Omer, Sedan, Vichy.




Guinea






Ivory Coast



A sous-préfecture is an administrative division of a department in Ivory Coast.
Examples: Anyama Subprefecture, Bingerville Subprefecture, Brofodoumé Subprefecture, Songon Subprefecture




Japan


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.




Taiwan


Under Qing dynasty rule, this was translated from tīng (廳) in Chinese
Tamsui Subprefecture (淡水廳 dàn shuĭ tīng) and Kavalan (Ga'malan) Subprefecture (噶瑪蘭廳 gá mă lán tīng, of Yilan City) (both in Taiwan).
Under Japanese rule, 廳 (chō) translated to prefecture, so 支廳 (shichō) translated to subprefecture.




Notes

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• Pabrik penyulingan Akkeshi
• Subprefektur (Jepang)
• Provinsi Chahar
• Shakotan, Hokkaido
• Subprefektur di Hokkaido
• Boké
• Aogashima
• Massakory
• Nishinoshima (Ogasawara)
• Daftar wilayah metropolitan di Jepang menurut populasi
• Subprefecture
• Iburi Subprefecture
• Subprefectures in France
• Nemuro Subprefecture
• Okhotsk Subprefecture
• Sorachi Subprefecture
• Hiyama Subprefecture
• Kushiro Subprefecture
• Sōya Subprefecture
• Shiribeshi Subprefecture