特別地方公共団体
Meanings
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special local public entity
A legal term under Japan's Local Autonomy Act; refers to entities such as 財産区 (property wards) and 地方公共団体の組合 (associations of local public entities).
See also: 財産区 (ざいさんく)
A property ward is one type of special local public entity.
Special local public entities include partial-affairs associations and wide-area unions.