Administrative centre is used to refer to the seat of government. The capital of Russia is also an entity to which the term "administrative centre" does not apply. A similar arrangement exists in Ukraine. The term chef-lieu is applied to the capital of each Swiss canton. In 16 of the 26 cantons, the territory is subdivided into districts. Every district also has a city nominated as chef-lieu and each has a prefect. The term chef-lieu is used to designate the capital of each gouvernorat (department). Each of the 24 gouvernorats is subdivided into delegations (districts) which each have a central city as
Dong (administrative division) major thoroughfares in Seoul, Suwon, and other cities are also subdivided into "ga". Basically "ga" stands for a historical reason: in Korea under Japanese rule, some districts living Japanese are subdivided as "machi" (, ) and "chome" (, ) and after Independence of Korea, these "machi" (partially) and "chome" are renamed as "ga". Dong (administrative division) A dong or neighborhood is a submunicipal level administrative unit of a city and of those cities which are not divided into wards throughout Korea. The unit is often translated as neighborhood and has been used in both administrative divisions of North Korea and