A village (村 mura?, sometimes son) is a local administrative unit in Japan. Japan no longer officially has the traditional Federal system, and its 47 prefectures, and prefectural and municipal assembly members are popularly elected for The prefectures of Japan are the country's 47 sub-national Jurisdictions one "metropolis" (都 to) Tokyo; one " circuit Certain Prefectures of Japan are now or once were divided into subprefectures. A, also known as a or, is a Japanese city that has a population greater than 500000 and has been designated as such by an order of the Cabinet of Japan under Article The was most recently used as an administrative unit in Japan between 1878 and 1921 and is roughly equivalent to the County of the United States, ranking at the level below There are three basic types of municipalities in Japan: cities, towns and villages. A is a class of Japanese city created by the first clause of Article 252 Section 22 of the Local Autonomy Law of Japan. of Japan are cities with populations of at least 200000 and are delegated a subset of the functions delegated to core cities. |||} A is a local administrative unit in Japan. Cities are ranked on the same level as and, with the difference that they are not a component of. The are 23 municipalities that together make up the core and the most populous part of Tokyo, Japan. List of wards Chiba Chūō-ku Chiba Hanamigawa-ku Chiba Inage-ku Chiba A town (町 chō or machi) is a local administrative unit in Japan. Local governments are administrative offices that are smaller than a State. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics.
It is a local public body along with prefecture (県 ken?, or other equivalents), city (市 shi?), and town (町 chō?, sometimes machi). The prefectures of Japan are the country's 47 sub-national Jurisdictions one "metropolis" (都 to) Tokyo; one " circuit |||} A is a local administrative unit in Japan. Cities are ranked on the same level as and, with the difference that they are not a component of. A town (町 chō or machi) is a local administrative unit in Japan. Geographically, a village's extent is contained within a prefecture. The prefectures of Japan are the country's 47 sub-national Jurisdictions one "metropolis" (都 to) Tokyo; one " circuit
It is larger than an actual settlement, being in actuality a subdivision of a rural district (郡 gun?), which are subdivided into towns and villages with no overlap and no uncovered area. The was most recently used as an administrative unit in Japan between 1878 and 1921 and is roughly equivalent to the County of the United States, ranking at the level below A town (町 chō or machi) is a local administrative unit in Japan.
As a result of mergers, the number of villages in Japan is decreasing. are actions taken either within one municipality or between multiple municipalities after making a consensus agreement to do so
Prefectures without villages
- Ehime (several recent mergers, the last of which was on January 16, 2005)
- Fukui
- Hyōgo
- Hiroshima
- Ishikawa
- Kagawa
- Mie
- Nagasaki
- Saga
- Shiga (the village of Kutsuki merged with several other towns to form the new city of Takashima on January 1, 2005)
- Shizuoka
- Tochigi
- Yamaguchi
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Prefectures with exactly one village
(As of January 16, 2005)
- Kanagawa (Kiyokawa, Aikō District)
- Kyōto (Minamiyamashiro, Soraku District)
- Ōsaka (Chihayaakasaka, Minamikawachi District)
- Tottori (Hiezu, Saihaku District)
- Nagasaki (Ōshima, Kitamatsuura District)
See also
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