Similar words
sede
jefatura specifically means a police or departmental headquarters, like "jefatura de policía"; sede is more general, any organization's headquarters.
Similar in other languages
German
Hauptsitz
Hauptsitz is the German word for the same thing — both mean "headquarters."
Practice
1 What does jefatura mean?
headquarters
2 Fill the gap: La ___ de policía.
Full sentence: La jefatura de policía. (The police headquarters.)
3 Which fingerprint chart matches jefatura?
jefatura: neutral register, academic frequency, general domain, neutral connotation.