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Adepartamento (Spanish pronunciation:[depaɾtaˈmento]) is acountry subdivision in severalLatin American countries, mostly as top-level subnational divisions (except in Argentina). It is usually simply translated as "department".
Ten countries currently havedepartamentos.
Mexico in the 1830s was divided into 24departamentos, which were first-level divisions. It was during an attempt tocentralize the government.
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