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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".
Ten countries currently have departamentos.
Country | Level | Num. | Subdivisions |
---|---|---|---|
![]() | 2nd (under provincias) | 378 | municipios |
![]() | 1st | 9 | provincias |
![]() | 1st | 32 | municipios |
![]() | 1st | 14 | municipios |
![]() | 1st | 22 | municipios |
![]() | 1st | 18 | municipios |
![]() | 1st | 15 | municipios |
![]() | 1st | 17 | municipios |
![]() | 1st | 24 | municipios |
![]() | 1st | 19 | provincia |
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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