Departamento


A departamento is a country subdivision in several Latin American countries, mostly as top-level subnational divisions.
It is usually simply translated as "department".

Current use

Ten countries currently have departamentos.
Country
Argentina378Municipalities of Argentina
Bolivia9provinces of Bolivia
Colombia1st32Municipalities of Colombia
El Salvador1st14Municipalities of El Salvador
Guatemala1st22Municipalities of Guatemala
Honduras1st18Municipalities of Honduras
Nicaragua1st15Municipalities of Nicaragua
Paraguay1st17Municipalities of Paraguay
Peru1st24Municipalities of Peru
Uruguay1st19Municipalities of Uruguay

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.