For the French term, see Préfecture.

The term prefecture (from the Latin Praefectura) indicates the office, seat, territorial circonscription of a Prefect. In English the term prefecture is also used to refer to offices deemed equivalent in other languages' cultural traditions.

Literal prefectures

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Antiquity

For subsequent types of praefectura, see Praefectus. It has been used most prominently to denote a somewhat self-governing body or area since the tetrarchy, when emperor Diocletian divided the Roman Empire into 4 districts (each divided into dioceses, grouping under a Vicarius a number of Roman provinces, listed under that article), although he maintained two pretorian prefectures as an administrative level above the also surviving dioceses (a few of which got split).

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Just finished modifying all articles related with the mergers in Japan, all 47 prefectures. So damn stoked that I'll have to revise in 2010.
jlog3000 (John L. Ocasio) Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:39:07 -0000
Just finished modifying all articles related with the mergers in Japan, all 47 prefectures. So damn stoked that I'll have to revise in 2010.
UQ's WiMAX coverage reaches 262 cities in 35 prefectures, as of Nov, 26th.
jcayzac (Julien Cayzac) Sun, 13 Dec 2009 07:26:29 -0000
UQ's WiMAX coverage reaches 262 cities in 35 prefectures, as of Nov, 26th.
#info Identité nationale : le Front National présent dans les débats organisés par les préfectures http://bit.ly/8TR6Db
ile_de_france (France) Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:11:42 -0000
#info Identité nationale : le Front National présent dans les débats organisés par les préfectures http://bit.ly/8TR6Db
Animal Prefectures http://post.ly/Embv
dandanbatake (Dandanbatake) Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:27:32 -0000
Animal Prefectures http://post.ly/Embv
Update to the Japanese 101: Prefectures app came out yesterday! http://bit.ly/7VoFQW Added more cultural information.
JapanNewbie (Harvey) Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:08:23 -0000
Update to the Japanese 101: Prefectures app came out yesterday! http://bit.ly/7VoFQW Added more cultural information.
@misterorange In America. Although nearly every country has some analogue to states (provinces, prefectures etc), it's not as big.
benfrenchman (Ben Frenchman) Fri, 11 Dec 2009 07:16:25 -0000
@misterorange In America. Although nearly every country has some analogue to states (provinces, prefectures etc), it's not as big.

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