Departamento
# Departamento

A departamento (Spanish pronunciation:) 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 (under provincias) | 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 | provincia |

## 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.

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