Departamento

A departamento (Spanish pronunciation: [departaˈmento]) 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.

Country	Level	Num.	Subdivisions
Argentina	2nd	378	municipios
Bolivia	1st	9	provincias
Colombia	1st	32	municipios
El Salvador	1st	14	municipios
Guatemala	1st	22	municipios
Honduras	1st	18	municipios
Nicaragua	1st	15	municipios
Paraguay	1st	17	municipios
Peru	1st	24	municipios
Uruguay	1st	19	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.

Spanish terms for country subdivisions

National, Federal	Comunidad autónoma Departamento Distrito federal Estado Provincia Región

Regional, Metropolitan	Cantón Comarca Comuna Corregimiento Delegación Distrito Mancomunidad Merindad Municipalidad Municipio Parroquia Ecuador Spain

Urban, Rural	Aldea Alquería Anteiglesia Asentamiento Asentamiento informal Pueblos jóvenes Barrio Campamento Caserío Ciudad Ciudad autónoma Colonia Lugar Masía Población Ranchería Sitio Vereda Villa Village (Pueblito/Pueblo)

Historical subdivisions in italics.

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