translated as "provinces". Moroccan Préfecture In Morocco, the 75 second-level administrative subdivisions are 13 prefectures and 62 provinces. They are subdivisions of the 12 regions of Morocco. Each prefecture and province are subdivided in their turn into districts (cercles, sing. cercle), municipalities (communes, sing. commune) or urban municipalities (communes urbaines, sing. commune urbaine), and arrondissements in some metropolitan areas. Romanian prefectură Venezuelan equivalent Traditionally the prefecture as being the City Hall and the prefect as being the equivalent of a mayor and commissioner until recently; now the prefectures and prefect are analogous with the figure of Town Clerk. See also Apostolic prefecture County Prefectures of China Politics of the People's Republic of China Prefectures of Japan Politics of Japan Politics of the Republic of China Politics of Mongolia Province Subprefecture Types of administrative division