In local communities, there are community-governing assembly facilities like so-called gself-governing public halls,h gvillage-governing public halls,h and gtown-governing public hallsh that are funded by community associations or neighborhood associations and managed and operated on an autonomous basis, as well as gordinance public hallsh based on establishment ordinance by educational boards of municipalities. Intensive surveys on the number of community-governing assembly facilities of this type have not been conducted nationwide. According to the survey conducted by the National Kominkan Association in November 2002, there are 76,883 public halls in total across the nation.
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