What is Prefecture?
[[File:Prefectures of Greece.png|thumb|Prefectures of [[Greece]].]] A '''prefecture''' is a word used in [[Greece]] and [[Japan]] (called ''νομός'', ''nomós'' in Greece and called '''県''' [[Prefectures of Japan|''ken'' in Japan]]) for a part of a country with its own government. It is a kind of [[local government]]. It is like an American [[U.S. state|state]] or a British [[county]]. In [[France]], it is the head of the [[Departments of France|department]] (''see'' [[Prefectures in France]] ''for more detail''). {{politics-stub}} [[Category:Prefectures| ]]