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

Albania [ edit ]

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

Examples: District of Korce , District of Sarande

Brazil [ edit ]

In Brazil the subprefectures ( Portuguese : subprefeituras ) are administrative divisions of some big cities, such as Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro . The head of a subprefecture, the subprefeito , is indicated by the municipality's mayor (in Brazil called prefeito ).

In Sao Paulo there are 32 subprefectures. The largest in total area, Parelheiros , covers 353.5 km ² , and the most populous, Capela do Socorro , has more than 600,000 inhabitants.

Burkina Faso [ edit ]

Example: Djibasso Subprefecture

Central African Republic [ edit ]

Chad [ edit ]

Examples: N'Gouri Subprefecture, Massakory Subprefecture

China [ edit ]

It was used in Qing dynasty . Called ting (廳 or ?) 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 j?nminf? ( t   軍民府 , s   ?民府 ) , for instance at Qianshan in Guangdong .

France [ edit ]

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-prefet .

Examples: Aix-en-Provence , Apt , Arles , Bayonne , Boulogne-Billancourt , Boulogne-sur-Mer , Calais , Cambrai , Chalon-sur-Saone , Chateau-Thierry , Cherbourg , Le Havre , Narbonne , Reims , Saint-Germain-en-Laye , Saint-Malo , Saint-Omer , Sedan , Vichy .

Guinea [ edit ]

Ivory Coast [ edit ]

A sous-prefecture is an administrative division of a department in Ivory Coast .

Examples: Anyama Subprefecture, Bingerville Subprefecture, Brofodoume Subprefecture, Songon Subprefecture

Japan [ edit ]

Some Japanese prefectures have branch offices called 支? (shich?) 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 [ edit ]

• Under Qing dynasty rule , this was translated from t?ng (廳) in Chinese

• Tamsui Subprefecture (淡水廳 dan shu? t?ng) and Kavalan (Ga'malan) Subprefecture (?瑪蘭廳 ga m? lan t?ng, of Yilan City ) (both in Taiwan ).

• Under Japanese rule , 廳 (ch?) translated to prefecture, so 支廳 (shich?) translated to subprefecture.

Notes [ edit ]

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