Villages of Japan
Administrative divisions of Japan |
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Prefectural level |
Prefectures (都道府県 todōfuken) |
Subprefectural level |
Subprefectures (支庁 shichō) Designated cities |
Municipal level |
Core cities (中核市 chūkaku-shi) Special cities Special wards (Tokyo) Villages |
A village (村 mura?, sometimes son) is a local administrative unit in Japan. It is a local public body along with prefecture (県 ken?, or other equivalents), city (市 shi?), and town (町 chō?, sometimes machi). Geographically, a village's extent is contained within a prefecture.
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.
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Prefectures without villages
- Ehime (several recent mergers, the last of which was on January 16, 2005)
- Fukui
- Hyōgo
- Hiroshima
- Kagawa
- Saga
- Shiga (the village of Kutsuki merged with several other towns to form the new city of Takashima on January 1, 2005)
Prefectures with only 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)