prefecture
Sign in to saveA prefecture (from the Latin word praefectura) is an administrative jurisdiction traditionally governed by an appointed prefect. This can be a regional or local government subdivision in various countries, or a subdivision in certain international church structures. During the antiquity, it was the name of a type of Roman district. In the 21st century, the term prefecture is used for the modern first-level subdivisions of the Central African Republic, Japan, and Morocco.
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Literal prefectures
- Antiquity
- Ecclesiastic
- Analogous prefectures
- Brazilian equivalent of ''prefecture''
- Central African Republic
- Greek equivalent of ''prefecture''
- Chinese equivalents of ''prefecture''
- The ancient sense
- The modern sense
- Italian ''prefettura''
- French ''préfecture''
- Japanese sense of ''prefecture''
- Korean equivalents of ''prefecture''
- Mongolian equivalent
- Moroccan ''Préfecture''
- Romanian ''prefectură''
- Swiss ''préfecture''
- Venezuelan equivalent
- See also
- References
A prefecture (from the Latin word praefectura) is an administrative jurisdiction traditionally governed by an appointed prefect. This can be a regional or local government subdivision in various countries, or a subdivision in certain international church structures. During the antiquity, it was the name of a type of Roman district. In the 21st century, the term prefecture is used for the modern first-level subdivisions of the Central African Republic, Japan, and Morocco.
==Literal prefectures== ===Antiquity=== Prefecture originally referred to several distinct administrative structures in ancient Rome.
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