Back مقاطعات اليابان Arabic Districtes del Japó Catalan Distrikter i Japan Danish Gun (Japan) German Districts of Japan English Distriktoj de Japanio Esperanto Distritos de Japón Spanish شهرستانهای ژاپن Persian District (Japon) French Distrik (Jepang) ID
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Districts of Japan (郡#日本の郡) were areas of traditional local government in Japan before the Meiji period.[1] The function of districts has changed over time, but they continue to exist in contemporary Japan.[2]
Districts are not all the same size. They are roughly equivalent to a county in the United Kingdom or the United States. They are smaller than prefectures and larger than towns and villages.
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Gun" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 267.
- ↑ Statoids, Japan Counties retrieved 2012-3-24.