In the prefectures where they straddle plural provinces people in the prefectural government are conscious of the names of the provinces as regional division and sometimes the names of the provinces are taken up in the administrative division; examples: Hida Province Regional Development Bureau of the Subordinate Organization of Gifu Prefecture; the Bureau for the Residents of the Tajima Province of the subordinate organization of the prefecture office of Hyogo Prefecture and so forth.
複数の国にまたがって設けられた県では、国名が県内の地方区分として意識され、行政区分にも引き継がれることがある（例：岐阜県下部組織の飛騨国地方振興局、兵庫県庁下部組織の但馬国県民局など）。