Village head
A village head, village headman or village chief is the community leader of a village or a small town.[1]
Usage
Brunei
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China
In China, village head (Template:Zh) is a local government or tribal post. The village headman is the person appointed to administer an area that is often a single village.
Duties and functions
The headman has several official duties in the village, and is sometimes seen as a mediator in disputes and a general “fixer” of village or individuals problems.
Examples of headmanship have been observed among the Zuni,[2] !Kung, and Mehinacu,[3] among others. Nearby tribal leaders recognized or appointed by the Chinese were known as tusi (tu-szu; Template:Zh), although they could command larger areas than a single village.
Indonesia
The village head in Indonesia is called Script error: No such module "Lang"..
Malaysia
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Philippines
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Historical usage
China
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Japan
In Edo period Japan, the village head was called nanushi (名主) and was in charge of tax collection, general village administration, management of public natural resources (such as mountain, field, river and ocean) of the village, as well as negotiating with the territorial lord as the representative of the villagers.[4]