Dao (political)
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Dào was an administrative division of ancient China, translated as "circuit".
Dō is a political division of Japan
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Do (道) means province in Korean. It is used in both North Korea and South Korea.
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Dō is a political division of Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
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Do (道) means province in Korean. It is used in both North Korea and South Korea.
See also
- Circuits in East Asia
China:
- History of the political divisions of ChinaHistory of the political divisions of ChinaThe history of the administrative divisions of China is quite complex. Across history, what is called 'China' has taken many shapes, and many political organizations...
Japan:
- GokishichidōGokishichidowas the name for ancient administrative units organized in Japan during the Asuka Period , as part of a legal and governmental system borrowed from the Chinese...
- Prefectures of JapanPrefectures of JapanThe prefectures of Japan are the country's 47 subnational jurisdictions: one "metropolis" , Tokyo; one "circuit" , Hokkaidō; two urban prefectures , Osaka and Kyoto; and 43 other prefectures . In Japanese, they are commonly referred to as...
Korea:
- Eight ProvincesEight Provinces (Korea)During most of the Joseon Dynasty, Korea was divided into eight provinces . The eight provinces' boundaries remained unchanged for almost five centuries from 1413 to 1895, and formed a geographic paradigm that is still reflected today in the Korean Peninsula's administrative divisions, dialects,...
- Provinces of KoreaProvinces of KoreaThis article describes the historical development of Korea's provinces . For detailed information on current administrative divisions, please see Administrative divisions of North Korea and Administrative divisions of South Korea....
- Administrative divisions of North Korea
- Subdivisions of South Korea