Departamento

A departamento (Spanish pronunciation: [depaɾtaˈmento]) is a country subdivision in several Latin American countries, mostly as top-level subnational divisions (except in Argentina). It is usually simply translated as "department".

Current use

Ten countries currently have departamentos.

CountryLevelNum.Subdivisions
Argentina Argentina2nd (under provincias)378municipios
Bolivia Bolivia1st9provincias
Colombia Colombia1st32municipios
El Salvador El Salvador1st14municipios
Guatemala Guatemala1st22municipios
Honduras Honduras1st18municipios
Nicaragua Nicaragua1st15municipios
Paraguay Paraguay1st17municipios
Peru Peru1st24municipios
Uruguay Uruguay1st19provincia

Past use

Mexico in the 1830s was divided into 24 departamentos, which were first-level divisions. It was during an attempt to centralize the government.

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