Subprefecture: Difference between revisions

Content deleted Content added

Inline

Latest revision as of 06:29, 29 November 2024

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^[1]

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

The word "subprefecture" is used to translate the term tīng (廳) from Chinese. This was a type of subdivision under Qing dynasty rule.

Examples include 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, the term 廳 (chō) is translated to prefecture, so 支廳 (shichō) is translated to subprefecture.

Notes

^ Aihun Ting map from 1911 Atlas of Heilongjiang (in Chinese)

[1] Aihun Ting map from 1911 Atlas of Heilongjiang (in Chinese)

[1]

@@ Line 10: / Line 10: @@
 ==Brazil==
-In [[Brazil]] the subprefectures ({{lang-pt|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 [[Brazil]] the subprefectures ({{langx|pt|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, [[subprefecture of Parelheiros|Parelheiros]], covers 353.5&nbsp;km², and the most populous, [[Subprefecture of Capela do Socorro|Capela do Socorro]], has more than 600,000 inhabitants.
+In São Paulo there are 32 subprefectures. The largest in total area, [[subprefecture of Parelheiros|Parelheiros]], covers 353.5&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>, and the most populous, [[Subprefecture of Capela do Socorro|Capela do Socorro]], has more than 600,000 inhabitants.
 ==Burkina Faso==
-Examples: Djibasso Subprefecture
+Example: Djibasso Subprefecture
+==Central African Republic==
+{{main|Sub-prefectures of the Central African Republic}}
 ==Chad==
 {{main|Sub-prefectures of Chad}}
-Examples: N'Gouri Subprefecture, Chari-Baguirmi Prefecture, and Massakory Subprefecture.
+Examples: N'Gouri Subprefecture, Massakory Subprefecture
 ==China==
 {{see also|History of the administrative divisions of China}}
-It was used in [[Qing Dynasty]]. Called ''ting'' (廳 or 厅) in [[Chinese language|Chinese]], it is also on the same level as a [[Department (subnational entity)|department]] (州) and a [[district]] (縣). And is below prefecture (府).
+It was used in [[Qing dynasty]]. Called ''ting'' (廳 or 厅) in [[Chinese language|Chinese]], it is also on the same level as a [[Department (subnational entity)|department]] (州) and a [[district]] (縣), and is below a prefecture (府).
+Example:
-Examples:
-* [[Aihun]] Ting in the late-Qing [[Heilongjiang]].<ref>[http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~chgis/maps/hist/hlj_15.html Aihun Ting map] from 1911 Atlas of Heilongjiang {{in lang|zh}}</ref>
+* [[Aihun]] Ting in the late-Qing [[Heilongjiang]]<ref>[http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~chgis/maps/hist/hlj_15.html Aihun Ting map] from 1911 Atlas of Heilongjiang {{in lang|zh}}</ref>
-A separate term also translated as subprefecture was ''jūnmínfǔ'' (<small>[[traditional characters|t]]</small>{{nbsp}}{{nowrap|{{lang|zh|{{linktext|軍民府}}}},}} <small>[[simplified characters|s]]</small>{{nbsp}}{{nowrap|{{lang|zh|{{linktext|军民府}}}})}}, for instance at [[Qianshan, Guangdong|Qianshan]] in [[Guangdong]]
+A separate term also translated as subprefecture was ''jūnmínfǔ'' (<small>[[traditional characters|t]]</small>{{nbsp}}{{nowrap|{{lang|zh|{{linktext|軍民府}}}},}} <small>[[simplified characters|s]]</small>{{nbsp}}{{nowrap|{{lang|zh|{{linktext|军民府}}}})}}, for instance at [[Qianshan, Guangdong|Qianshan]] in [[Guangdong]].
-[[Image:Verdun sous-prefecture 4juni2006 045.jpg|thumb|200px|'Sous-préfecture' in Verdun, France]]
 ==France==
 {{main|Subprefectures in France}}
+[[Image:Sous-préfecture Autun 2.jpg|thumb|200px|''Sous-préfecture'' in [[Autun]], [[Saône-et-Loire]], France]]
-A subprefecture is the administrative town of an ''[[Arrondissements in France|arrondissement]]'' where an ''arrondissement'' doesn't contain the [[Prefectures in France|prefecture]]. The [[civil servant]] in charge of local [[executive power]] is the ''[[Subprefect|sous-préfet]]''.
+A subprefecture is the administrative town of an [[Arrondissements in France|arrondissement]] where an arrondissement does not contain the [[Prefectures in France|prefecture]]. The [[civil servant]] in charge of local [[executive power]] is the ''[[Subprefect|sous-préfet]]''.
 Examples: [[Aix-en-Provence]], [[Apt, France|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, France|Sedan]], [[Vichy]].
-==Guadeloupe==
-Examples:
 ==Guinea==
 {{main|Sub-prefectures of Guinea}}
-Examples:
 ==Ivory Coast==
-A ''[[sous-préfecture]]'' is an administrative division of a [[Departments of Ivory Coast|department]] in [[Ivory Coast]].
+{{main|Sub-prefectures of Ivory Coast}}
+A ''sous-préfecture'' is an administrative division of a [[Departments of Ivory Coast|department]] in [[Ivory Coast]].
 Examples: Anyama Subprefecture, Bingerville Subprefecture, Brofodoumé Subprefecture, Songon Subprefecture
@@ Line 56: / Line 54: @@
 ==Taiwan==
-* [[Taiwan under Qing Dynasty rule|Under Qing Dynasty rule]], this was translated from ''tīng'' (廳) in [[Chinese language|Chinese]]
+* The word "subprefecture" is used to translate the term ''tīng'' (廳) from [[Chinese language|Chinese]]. This was a type of subdivision [[Taiwan under Qing Dynasty rule|under Qing dynasty rule]].
-:* [[Tamsui District|Tamsui]] Subprefecture (淡水廳 dàn shuĭ tīng) and [[Kavalan people|Kavalan]] (Ga'malan) Subprefecture (噶瑪蘭廳 gá mă lán tīng, of [[Yilan City]]) (both in [[Taiwan]]).
+:* Examples include [[Tamsui District|Tamsui]] Subprefecture (淡水廳 dàn shuĭ tīng) and [[Kavalan people|Kavalan]] (Ga'malan) Subprefecture (噶瑪蘭廳 gá mă lán tīng, of [[Yilan City]]) (both in [[Taiwan]]).
-* [[Taiwan under Japanese rule|Under Japanese rule]], 廳 (chō) translated to prefecture, so 支廳 (shichō) translated to subprefecture.
+* [[Taiwan under Japanese rule|Under Japanese rule]], the term 廳 (chō) is translated to prefecture, so 支廳 (shichō) is translated to subprefecture.
 ==Notes==
+{{wiktionary|subprefecture}}
 {{Reflist}}
 {{Types of administrative division}}
-[[Category:Types of country subdivisions]]
+[[Category:Types of administrative division]]
 [[Category:Prefectures]]