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A town (町; ''chō'' or ''machi'') is a Local Administrative Unit in Japan . It is a local public body along with Prefecture (''ken'' Or Other Equivalents) , City (''shi'') , and Village (''mura'') . Geographically, a town's extent is contained within a Prefecture .

Note that the same word (町; ''machi'' or ''chō'') is also used in names of smaller region, usually a part of Ward in a city.


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