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Villages Of Japan A village (村 mura or son) is a local administrative unit in Japan. It is a local public body along with prefecture (ken or other equivalents), city (shi), and town (cho). 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, districts are subdivided into towns and villages, with no overlap, and no uncovered area. See also: Municipality of Japan, Japanese addressing system. (As of January 16, 2005) Prefectures with only one village (As of January 16, 2005)
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