Prefecture

]f$ fu. The largest.division in a province. The terms 2nd and 3rd cla Prefectures were sometimes used for Chou IMG:p469_5.png:Chinese characters and T'ing IMG:p469_6.png:Chinese characters respectively. There were on an average ten in a province, Shensi having seven only, the smallest number, and Yiinnan fourteen, the largest. The total number was 184. The fu was abolished by the Eepublic. See Chih fu; Government, Republican.