Prefecture: A prefecture (from the Latin 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, as well as in ... (Administrative jurisdiction or subdivision in any of various countries) [98%] 2024-01-04 [Prefectures] [Types of administrative division]...
Prefecture: Japan is divided into a total of 47 prefectures, created during the Meiji Restoration, with each being further sub-divided into municipalities. The term prefecture is derived from the translation of todōfu'ken (都道府県). [98%] 2023-03-05 [Japan]
Japanese: Japanese has more than one meaning. As such, this article is merely a disambiguation page, listing articles associated with Japanese. [92%] 2023-07-06 [Japan] [Languages]...
Japanese: The first generation of Japanese immigrants, known as issei, originally came to the Great Plains as sojourning contract laborers for railroad or mining companies in the late 1890s and early 1900s; few other occupations were open to them. After completing ... (Geography) [92%] 2004-01-01 [North America] [Great Plains]...
Prefectures of Albania: Albania was divided into prefectures until they have been replaced by counties/regions. 10 prefectures around 1925. (Former administrative divisions of Albania) [88%] 2024-03-31 [Subdivisions of Albania]
Prefectura: El término prefectura ha sido usado para denominar un órgano de gobierno o área territorial desde los tiempos del emperador romano Diocleciano, a través del Dominado, el cual dividió el imperio en cuatro prefecturas, cada una dividida en diócesis. De forma ... [87%] 2024-05-18
Cyrillization of Japanese: The cyrillization of Japanese is the process of transliterating or transcribing the Japanese language into Cyrillic script in order to represent Japanese proper names or terms in various languages that use Cyrillic, as an aid to Japanese language learning in ... (Writing of Japanese Language in Cyrillic script) [77%] 2023-11-02 [Cyrillization] [Japanese writing system]...
Romanization of Japanese: The romanization of Japanese is the use of Latin script to write the Japanese language. This method of writing is sometimes referred to in Japanese as rōmaji (ローマ字, literally, "Roman letters", [ɾoːma(d)ʑi] (listen) or [ɾoːmaꜜ(d)ʑi]). (Social) [77%] 2023-11-02 [Romanization of Japanese] [Phonetic guides]...
Tamna Prefectures: The Tamna Prefectures were administrative divisions of the Yuan dynasty established after the Sambyeolcho Rebellion and before 1275 in modern-day Jeju Province. After the Sambyeolcho Rebellion was crushed by the Yuan authorities, 'department for matters regarding conquered country of ... [77%] 2023-11-16 [Goryeo] [Former commanderies of China in Korea]...
Sub-prefectures of Guinea: The sub-prefectures (known in French as sous-prefectures) are the third-level administrative divisions in Guinea. As of 2009 there were 303 rural sub-prefectures of Guinea and 38 urban sub-prefectures, 5 of which compose the Conakry greater ... (Administrative subdivision in Guinea) [76%] 2023-12-27 [Sub-prefectures of Guinea] [Subdivisions of Guinea]...
Super-prefectures of Greece: The super-prefectures of Greece (υπερνομαρχίες, sing. υπερνομαρχία) were a second-degree organization of local self-government and an administrative division between the regions and the prefectures. [76%] 2024-01-06 [Former subdivisions of Greece] [Prefectures]...
Praetorian prefecture of Africa: The Praetorian Prefecture of Africa (Latin: praefectura praetorio Africae) was an administrative division of the Byzantine Empire in the Maghreb. With its seat at Carthage, it was established after the reconquest of northwestern Africa from the Vandals in 533–534 ... (Byzantine administrative division in the Maghreb) [70%] 2023-10-31 [Byzantine North Africa] [Praetorian prefectures]...
Apostolic Prefecture of Welle: The Apostolic Prefecture (or Prefecture Apostolic) of Welle was a Roman Catholic missionary pre-diocesan jurisdiction, located in the extreme north of Belgian Congo, Central Africa. The Apostolic Prefecture was separated by a Decree of the Propaganda Fide on 12 ... [70%] 2022-11-19 [Apostolic prefectures] [History of the Democratic Republic of the Congo]...
Apostolic Prefecture of Kaiserwilhelmsland: The Prefecture Apostolic of Kaiserwilhelmsland (Latin: Praefectura Apostolica ???) was a missionary jurisdiction of the Roman Catholic Church in the late Nineteenth and early Twentieth Century Church, based in Alexishafen and Madang in what is now Papua New Guinea. The first ... (Roman Catholic missionary in Papua New Guinea) [70%] 2022-10-29 [Apostolic prefectures] [Catholic Church in Papua New Guinea]...
Apostolic Prefecture of Vichada: The Prefecture Apostolic of Vichada (Latin: Praefectura Apostolica Vichada) was a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or apostolic prefecture of the Catholic Church in Vichada Department, Colombia. (Former Latin Catholic jurisdiction in Colombia (1956-1999)) [70%] 2023-12-13 [Roman Catholic dioceses in Colombia] [Apostolic prefectures]...
Politics of Osaka Prefecture: Politics of Osaka, as in all 47 prefectures of Japan, takes place in the framework of local autonomy that is guaranteed by chapter 8 of the Constitution and laid out in the Local Autonomy Law. The administration is headed by ... [70%] 2023-12-20 [Politics of Osaka Prefecture]