A Spanish; Castilian: departamento (pronounced as /es/) 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 Spanish; Castilian: departamentos.
| Country | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| (under Spanish; Castilian: [[provinces of Argentina|provincia]]s) | 378 | Spanish; Castilian: [[Municipalities of Argentina|municipio]]s | |
| 9 | Spanish; Castilian: [[provinces of Bolivia|provincia]]s | ||
| 1st | 32 | Spanish; Castilian: [[Municipalities of Colombia|municipio]]s | |
| 1st | 14 | Spanish; Castilian: [[Municipalities of El Salvador|municipios]] | |
| 1st | 22 | Spanish; Castilian: [[Municipalities of Guatemala|municipios]] | |
| 1st | 18 | Spanish; Castilian: [[Municipalities of Honduras|municipios]] | |
| 1st | 15 | Spanish; Castilian: [[Municipalities of Nicaragua|municipios]] | |
| 1st | 17 | Spanish; Castilian: [[Municipalities of Paraguay|municipios]] | |
| 1st | 24 | Spanish; Castilian: [[Municipalities of Peru|municipios]] | |
| 1st | 19 | Spanish; Castilian: [[Municipalities of Uruguay|provincia]] | |
Mexico in the 1830s was divided into 24 Spanish; Castilian: departamentos, which were first-level divisions. It was during an attempt to centralize the government.