Departamento
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Spanish-language country subdivision term
A Departamento (Spanish pronunciation: [depaɾtaˈmento]) is a country subdivision in several Latin American countries, mostly as top-level subnational divisions[1] (except in Argentina). It is usually simply translated as "department".
Ten countries currently have departamentos.
| Country | Level | Num. | Subdivisions |
|---|---|---|---|
 Argentina | 2nd (under provincias) | 378[2] | municipios |
 Bolivia | 1st | 9[3] | provincias |
 Colombia | 1st | 32[4][5] | municipios |
 El Salvador | 1st | 14[6] | municipios |
 Guatemala | 1st | 22[7] | municipios |
 Honduras | 1st | 18[8] | municipios |
 Nicaragua | 1st | 15[9] | municipios |
 Paraguay | 1st | 17[10] | municipios |
 Peru | 1st | 24[11] | municipios |
 Uruguay | 1st | 19[12] | provincia |
Past use
Mexico in the 1830s was divided into 24 departamentos,[13] which were first-level divisions. It was during an attempt to centralize the government.
References
- ↑ Administrative divisions in the western hemisphere (PDF) (Report). Central Intelligence Agency. 21 September 1999. p. 2. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
In Bolivia, Colombia, and Guatemala, for example, the departamento is a first-order division.
- ↑ Bossio, Juan Carlos; Fernández, Hugo; Armando, Gustavo; Rodríguez, Luciana; Mordini, Natalia (September 2018). Mortalidad por Tuberculosis en la Republica Argentina: Período 1980 – 2016 [Tuberculosis Mortality in the Argentine Republic: Period 1980 – 2016] (PDF) (Report) (in Spanish). Ministry of Health Programs. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
Del total de 527 sub-jurisdicciones (378 departamentos de 22 provincias, 134 partidos de la provincia de Buenos Aires y 15 comunas de la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires)
[Of the 527 sub-jurisdictions (378 departments in 22 provinces, 134 districts in the province of Buenos Aires, and 15 communes in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires)] - ↑ "Bolivia". Latin American Economic System. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
Administrative divisions: 9 departments (departamentos, singular- departamento)
- ↑ "División Política de Colombia" [Political Division of Colombia]. colombiaya.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 10 March 2009. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
Según la Constitución de 1991, Colombia está compuesta por 32 departamentos y un único Distrito Capital (Bogotá).
[According the 1991 Constitution, Colombia is made up of 32 departments and a single Capital District (Bogotá).] - ↑ "CO - Colombia". International Standards Organisation. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
Subdivisions: 32 department (en) / département (fr) / departamento (es)
- ↑ Kleiman, Evan (27 October 2023). "Bill Esparza eats his way through LA's El Salvador Corridor". KCRW. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
The country of El Salvador is divided into 14 departamentos or departments
- ↑ Rinaldi, Andrea C.; Comandini, Ornella; Flores Arzu, Roberto (13 January 2012). "A preliminary checklist of macrofungi of Guatemala, with notes on edibility and traditional knowledge" (PDF). Mycosphere Journal of Fungal Biology. 3 (1): 3. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/3/1/1. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
Departments of Guatemala. Guatemala is divided into 22 administrative departments
- ↑ "Honduras". Latin American Economic System. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
Administrative divisions: 18 departments (departamentos, singular – departamento)
- ↑ "División Político Administrativa del País" [Political Administrative Division of the Country] (PDF). Instituto Nicaragüense de Estudios Territoriales (in Spanish). March 2000. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 April 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
El territorio nacional se divide para su administración en quince (15) Departamentos
[The national territory is divided for its administration into fifteen (15) Departments] - ↑ "Ficha país Paraguay" (PDF). Government of Spain (in Spanish). Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation. August 2024. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
Paraguay está dividido administrativamente en 17 departamentos
[Paraguay is administratively divided into 17 departments] - ↑ Navarro-Mamani, Dennis A.; Jurado, Jessica; Vargas-Calla, Ana; Ponce, Kevin; Sherman, Tyler; Zarate, Yari; Murga-Moreno, César A.; Perez, Ibelice; Villacaqui, Ruben; Ara, Miguel; Ortiz, Pedro; Rivera, Hermelinda; Mayo, Christie E. (January 2025). Korennoy, Fedor (ed.). "National Seroprevalence and Risk Factors of Bluetongue Virus in Domestic Ruminants of Peru". Transboundary and Emerging Diseases. 2025 (1). Wiley: 2. doi:10.1155/tbed/2690231. eISSN 1865-1682. PMC 12016983.
Peru is in the Central-Western region of South America. It encompasses an area of 1,285,216 km2 and is divided into 24 departments and 1874 districts.
- ↑ Límites departamentales del Uruguay - Informe diagnóstico [Departmental Boundaries of Uruguay - Diagnostic Report] (PDF) (Report) (in Spanish). Government of Uruguay. October 2024. p. 3. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
El territorio uruguayo se organiza en 19 departamentos
[Uruguay is organized into 19 departments] - ↑ Cronología de la estadística en México (1521-2008) [Chronology of statistics in Mexico (1521-2008)] (PDF) (in Mexican Spanish). National Institute of Statistics and Geography. 2009. p. 20. ISBN 978-970-13-5161-1.
Al promulgarse la Constitución de 1836, el país queda divido en 24 departamentos.
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