Prefecture
administrative jurisdiction or subdivision in any of various countries
A prefecture is a word used by countries such as Greece and Japan (called νομός, nomós in Greece and called 県 ken in Japan). It is a smaller part of a country with its own government. It is a kind of local government.
Prefectures of Greece.
It is like an American state or a British county.
In France, it is the head of the department (see Prefectures in France for more detail).
