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  Subprefecture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Subprefecture is an administrative level that is below prefecture or province.
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).
See details in Subprefectures of Japan and an example of Kushiro Subprefecture.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Subprefecture   (190 words)

  
 Subprefectures of Japan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Called 支庁 (shichō) in Japanese, this word is often translated into English as "subprefecture".
Normally area of a subprefecture consists of a few to a dozen of cities, towns, and/or villages.
There is one subprefecture in Nagasaki Prefecture which is Tsushima subprefecture
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Subprefectures_of_Japan   (84 words)

  
 Prefectures of Japan
Japan is divided into 47 local jurisdictions: one metropolitan district (都; To), Tokyo; one circuit (道; Dō), Hokkaido; two urban prefectures (府; Fu), Osaka and Kyoto); and 43 rural prefectures (県; Ken).
The term dō (circuit) was originally used to refer to regions of Japan consisting of several han, such as Tokaidō and Saikaidō (see: Provinces of Japan).
The only to in Japan is Tokyo, which was created by merging the city of Tokyo with the prefecture of Tokyo in 1943.
publicliterature.org /en/wikipedia/p/pr/prefectures_of_japan.html   (763 words)

  
 Subprefecture Info - Bored Net - Boredom   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Examples: Danshui Subprefecture (淡水廳 dan4 shui3 ting1) and Ga'malan Subprefecture (噶瑪蘭廳 ga2 ma3 lan2) (both in Taiwan).
Japan also has subprefectures called 支庁 (shicho) or 庁 (cho) in Japanese depending on prefectures.
Subprefectures are also translated as "Branch office" or "Branch of the Prefectural Government".
www.borednet.com /e/n/encyclopedia/s/su/subprefecture.html   (153 words)

  
 iqexpand.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
天塩国) (all of modern-day Rumoi Subprefecture and the northern half of Kamikawa Subprefecture) Mashike (増毛郡) Rumoi (留萌郡) Tomamae (苫前郡) Teshio (天塩郡) Nakagawa (中川郡) Kamikawa...
Geography of Japan - Prefectures andamp; Subprefectures of Japan
Southern Department, Subprefecture of Agboville (except Krobou Canton) and Abbe Canton of Tiassale Subprefecture.
subprefecture.iqexpand.com   (413 words)

  
 Japan
Japan has about 100 million television sets in use, and television is the main source of home entertainment and information for most of the population.
Japan went to the peace conference at Versailles in 1919 as one of the great military and industrial powers of the world and received official recognition as one of the "Big Five" of the new international order.
Japan is academically considered a constitutional monarchy with a bicameral parliament, the Kokkai or Diet but most of Japanese feel strange to the term monarchy and quite a few scholars argue Japan is a republic.
www.websters-dictionary-online.org /definition/english/Ja/Japan.html   (10007 words)

  
 Subprefectures in Hokkaido - TheBestLinks.com - Subprefectures of Japan, Japanese language, Hokkaido Prefecture, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Subprefectures in Hokkaido - TheBestLinks.com - Subprefectures of Japan, Japanese language, Hokkaido Prefecture, Ishikari subprefecture,...
Subprefectures of Japan, Subprefectures in Hokkaido, Japanese language...
Hokkaido Prefecture have branch offices called 支庁 (shicho) in Japanese, which can be translated in English as subprefectures.
www.thebestlinks.com /Subprefectures_of_Japan.html   (272 words)

  
 Hokkaido articles and news from Start Learning Now   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Hokkaido Island is located at the north end of Japan, near Russia, and has coastlines on the Sea of Japan, the Sea of Okhotsk, and the Pacific Ocean.
Hokkaidō is one of two prefectures in Japan that are divided into subprefectures (the other being Nagasaki Prefecture).
Subprefectural offices in Hokkaidō carry out many of the duties that prefectural offices would fulfill elsewhere in Japan.
www.startlearningnow.com /Hokkaido.htm   (1850 words)

  
 Hiyama subprefecture - TheBestLinks.com - Japan, Hokkaido, Subprefectures in Hokkaido, Ishikari subprefecture, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Hiyama subprefecture - TheBestLinks.com - Japan, Hokkaido, Subprefectures in Hokkaido, Ishikari subprefecture,...
Hiyama subprefecture, Japan, Hokkaido, Subprefectures in Hokkaido, Ishikari...
Hiyama subprefecture (檜山) is located in Hokkaido, Japan.
www.thebestlinks.com /Hiyama_subprefecture.html   (76 words)

  
 Subprefectures of Japan
As the subprefectures are mere agencies of the prefectures, many peoples are unaware of them, except what of Hokkaido and Tokyo by historical reasons.
Some elder peoples in Hokkaido use the subprefecture name suffixed by -kannai in their address.
Some peoples use the subprefecture name suffixed by -shicho for addressing towns and villages on islands of Tokyo Prefecture.
www.japan-101.com /geography/subprefectures_of_japan.htm   (353 words)

  
 Geography of Japan - Basic Geography & Regions of Japan
Geography of Japan - Basic Geography and Regions of Japan
Mainland Japan - area of Japan from Okinawa and Hokkaido
Wards of Japan - districts of large Japanese cities
www.japan-101.com /geography   (120 words)

  
 Topic Guide: shiribeshi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Definition of Shiribeshi subprefecture Definition of Shiribeshi subprefecture ja:Œ×/ Shiribeshi subprefecture (Œ×) is located in Hokkaido, Japan.
Shiribeshi subprefecture, Japan, Hokkaido, Subprefectures in Hokkaido, Ishikari...
Geography of Japan - Prefectures and Subprefectures of Japan...
www.kenbutsu.com /category/japan/cities/shiribeshi.htm   (345 words)

  
 bahrain.ca - Subprefectures in Hokkaido   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
595552 Subprefectures and in and Hokkaido Products in Books
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
Mikasa (; -shi) is a city located in Sorachi, Hokkaido, Japan...
bahrain.ca /Subprefectures-in-Hokkaido/reference/fullview/wikipedia/...   (128 words)

  
 Hidaka Subprefecture - Wikpedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
There is no direct connection between the Hidaka of the Nihonshoki and the modern Hidaka.
There is no city established in the subprefecture.
This page was last modified 00:03, 14 Apr 2005.
www.bostoncoop.net /~tpryor/wiki/index.php?title=Hidaka_Subprefecture   (106 words)

  
 Soya subprefecture - TheBestLinks.com - Japan, Hokkaido, Subprefectures in Hokkaido, Ishikari subprefecture, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Soya subprefecture - TheBestLinks.com - Japan, Hokkaido, Subprefectures in Hokkaido, Ishikari subprefecture,...
Soya subprefecture, Japan, Hokkaido, Subprefectures in Hokkaido, Ishikari...
Soya subprefecture (宗谷) is located at the north tip of Hokkaido, Japan.
www.thebestlinks.com /Soya_subprefecture.html   (80 words)

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