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
abbr|2nd|second-level divisions lang\|es|provinciaslang\|es|municipios

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.