A ' () 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
Department may refer to:
* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
*Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...
".
Current use
Ten countries currently have '.
Past use
Mexico in the 1830s was divided into 24 ', which were first-level divisions. It was during an attempt to
centralize the government.
Types of administrative division
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