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 () 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 language, it is also on the same level as a department (州) and a
district (縣), and is below a prefecture (府).
Example:
A separate term also translated as subprefecture was jūnmínfǔ (t s, 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
Subprefect.
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
Japan 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
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The word "subprefecture" is used to translate the term tīng (廳) from Chinese language. This was a type of subdivision under Qing dynasty rule.
- * Examples include Tamsui District Subprefecture (淡水廳 dàn shuĭ tīng) and Kavalan people (Ga'malan) Subprefecture (噶瑪蘭廳 gá mă lán tīng, of Yilan City) (both in Taiwan).
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Under Japanese rule, the term 廳 (chō) is translated to prefecture, so 支廳 (shichō) is translated to subprefecture.
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