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===Territorial subdivisions of the Inquisition=== | ===Territorial subdivisions of the Inquisition=== | ||
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The Chlouvānem lands are a huge territory with three major levels of local administration: the ''diocese'', the ''circuit'', and the ''parish''. | The Chlouvānem lands are a huge territory with three major levels of local administration: the ''diocese'', the ''circuit'', and the ''parish''. The generic term for "territorial subdivision" is '''bhælālaukas'''. | ||
The highest level is the ''diocese'' ('''juṃšañāña'''), comparable to a federate state; their head is a ''bishop'' ('''juṃša'''). Many dioceses in an area with shared economical and cultural characteristics are grouped in an administrative unit called ''tribunal'' ('''camimaivikā'''), which intervenes in common regional economic planning and is as well an important statistic unit.<br/> | The highest level is the ''diocese'' ('''juṃšañāña'''), comparable to a federate state; their head is a ''bishop'' ('''juṃša'''). Many dioceses in an area with shared economical and cultural characteristics are grouped in an administrative unit called ''tribunal'' ('''camimaivikā'''), which intervenes in common regional economic planning and is as well an important statistic unit.<br/> | ||
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Clusters of nearby mid-small parishes often form an entity called ''inter-parish territory'' ('''maimānāyusięe ṣramāṇa'''), sharing between them some basic services like recycling, local transport, or fire protection. | Clusters of nearby mid-small parishes often form an entity called ''inter-parish territory'' ('''maimānāyusięe ṣramāṇa'''), sharing between them some basic services like recycling, local transport, or fire protection. | ||
While the lowest independent division is the parish (including cities and villages), a minor area in a parish may be recognized as a ''hamlet'' ('''mūrė''') (note that some | While the lowest independent division is the parish (including cities and villages), a minor area in a parish may be recognized as a ''hamlet'' ('''mūrė''') (note that some dioceses use the term for village (''poga'') instead), which for cities is usually a ''borough'' ('''martausięe poga''', literally "urban village"). Note that cities may also have hamlets: boroughs are usually defined as such if many of them form a large contiguous urban area; smaller inhabited places in rural areas administered by a city are still hamlets. | ||
Large uninhabited or extremely sparsely populated areas are often not assigned to any municipality, but are administered by the circuit and defined as an ''extra-parish territory'' (''' | Large uninhabited or extremely sparsely populated areas are often not assigned to any municipality, but are administered by the circuit and defined as an ''extra-parish territory'' ('''řimāṇāyusięe ṣramāṇa'''). | ||
==Example texts== | ==Example texts== | ||