Subprefecture


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.

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 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 in Chinese, it is also on the same level as a department and a district, and is below a prefecture.
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 sous-préfet.
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 Japanese prefectures have branch offices called 支庁 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