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
Argentina2nd (under provincias)378municipios
Bolivia1st9provincias
Colombia1st32municipios
El Salvador1st14municipios
Guatemala1st22municipios
Honduras1st18municipios
Nicaragua1st15municipios
Paraguay1st17municipios
Peru1st24municipios
Uruguay1st19municipios

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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