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{{short description|Administrative division of a country that is below prefecture}}
A '''subprefecture''' is an [[administrative division]] of a country that is below [[prefecture]] or [[province]].

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==Albania==
There are twelve [[Counties of Albania|Albanian counties]] or prefectures, each of which is divided into several [[Districts of Albania|districts]], sometimes translated as subprefectures.

:Examples: [[District of Korçë]], [[District of Sarandë]]

==Brazil==
In [[Brazil]] the subprefectures ({{langx|pt|subprefeituras}}) 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 Brazil called ''prefeito'').

In São Paulo there are 32 subprefectures. The largest in total area, [[subprefecture of Parelheiros|Parelheiros]], covers 353.5&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>, and the most populous, [[Subprefecture of Capela do Socorro|Capela do Socorro]], has more than 600,000 inhabitants.

==Burkina Faso==
Example: Djibasso Subprefecture

==Central African Republic==
{{main|Sub-prefectures of the Central African Republic}}

==Chad==
{{main|Sub-prefectures of Chad}}
Examples: N'Gouri Subprefecture, Massakory Subprefecture

==China==
{{see also|History of the administrative divisions of China}}
It was used in [[Qing dynasty]]. Called ''ting'' (廳 or 厅) in [[Chinese language|Chinese]], it is also on the same level as a [[Department (subnational entity)|department]] (州) and a [[district]] (縣), and is below a prefecture (府).

Example:
* [[Aihun]] Ting in the late-Qing [[Heilongjiang]]<ref>[http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~chgis/maps/hist/hlj_15.html Aihun Ting map] from 1911 Atlas of Heilongjiang {{in lang|zh}}</ref>

A separate term also translated as subprefecture was ''jūnmínfǔ'' (<small>[[traditional characters|t]]</small>{{nbsp}}{{nowrap|{{lang|zh|{{linktext|軍民府}}}},}} <small>[[simplified characters|s]]</small>{{nbsp}}{{nowrap|{{lang|zh|{{linktext|军民府}}}})}}, for instance at [[Qianshan, Guangdong|Qianshan]] in [[Guangdong]].

==France==
{{main|Subprefectures in France}}
[[Image:Sous-préfecture Autun 2.jpg|thumb|200px|''Sous-préfecture'' in [[Autun]], [[Saône-et-Loire]], France]]
A subprefecture is the administrative town of an [[Arrondissements in France|arrondissement]] where an arrondissement does not contain the [[Prefectures in France|prefecture]]. The [[civil servant]] in charge of local [[executive power]] is the ''[[Subprefect|sous-préfet]]''.

Examples: [[Aix-en-Provence]], [[Apt, France|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, France|Sedan]], [[Vichy]].

==Guinea==
{{main|Sub-prefectures of Guinea}}

==Ivory Coast==
{{main|Sub-prefectures of Ivory Coast}}
A ''sous-préfecture'' is an administrative division of a [[Departments of Ivory Coast|department]] in [[Ivory Coast]].

Examples: Anyama Subprefecture, Bingerville Subprefecture, Brofodoumé Subprefecture, Songon Subprefecture

==Japan==

Some [[Japan|Japanese]] prefectures have branch offices called 支庁 (shichō) in [[Japanese language|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]]. <!-- Note: the prefecture do not govern the cities, towns, and villages, although the prefecture defines what are the towns and villages in its area. -->

==Taiwan==
* The word "subprefecture" is used to translate the term ''tīng'' (廳) from [[Chinese language|Chinese]]. This was a type of subdivision [[Taiwan under Qing Dynasty rule|under Qing dynasty rule]].
:* Examples include [[Tamsui District|Tamsui]] Subprefecture (淡水廳 dàn shuĭ tīng) and [[Kavalan people|Kavalan]] (Ga'malan) Subprefecture (噶瑪蘭廳 gá mă lán tīng, of [[Yilan City]]) (both in [[Taiwan]]).

* [[Taiwan under Japanese rule|Under Japanese rule]], the term 廳 (chō) is translated to prefecture, so 支廳 (shichō) is translated to subprefecture.

==Notes==
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[[Category:Types of administrative division]]
[[Category:Prefectures]]