Village head

{{See also|Villages of Brunei#Administration}}

In Brunei, village head is called {{Lang|ms|ketua kampung}} or {{Lang|ms|ketua kampong}} in the Malay language. It is an administrative post which leads the community of a village administrative division, the third and lowest subdivision of the country.

In China, village head ({{zh|s=村长|t=村長|p=cūn zhǎng}}) is a local government or tribal post. The village headman is the person appointed to administer an area that is often a single village.

The headman has several official duties in the village, and is sometimes seen as a mediator in disputes and a general “fixer” of village or individuals problems.

Examples of headmanship have been observed among the Zuni,Ruth Benedict. Patterns of Culture, New American Library, 1934 !Kung, and Mehinacu,Marvin Harris. Our Kind, Harper Perennial, 1989 among others. Nearby tribal leaders recognized or appointed by the Chinese were known as tusi (tu-szu; {{zh|c={{linktext|土司}}|w=t'u³-szu¹|p=tǔsī}}), although they could command larger areas than a single village.

The village head in Indonesia is called {{Lang|id|Kepala Desa}}.

{{See also|Category:Villages in Malaysia}}

Generally in Malaysia, the village head is called {{Lang|ms|Ketua Kampung}}, except for the proto Malay village where the position is called {{Lang|ms|Batin}}. Ketua Kampung was appointed and assisted by {{Lang|ms|Majlis Pengurusan Komuniti Kampung}} (Village Community Management Board). In Sarawak, the head of a traditional long house is called {{Lang|ms|Tuai Rumah}}.

{{main|Barangay captain}}

Each barangay (village) in the Philippines is led by a barangay captain.

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In the Qing and early Republican era, dibao were officially appointed village officials, usually selected from the local landowning class and responsible for land use and boundaries in their jurisdiction.

In Edo period Japan, the village head was called nanushi (名主) and was in charge of tax collection, general village administration, management of public natural resources (such as mountain, field, river and ocean) of the village, as well as negotiating with the territorial lord as the representative of the villagers.{{Cite book |title=Hyakkajiten Maipedia 百科事典マイペディア |publisher=Heibonsha 平凡社 |year=1996 |isbn=978-4582096316 |at=庄屋}}

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