A department (French: département, Spanish: departamento) is a geographically defined area of a centralized state which functions as an administrative unit, usually at provincial level, with or without a representative assembly.
Countries using departments
Argentina · Benin · Bolivia · Burkina Faso · Cameroon · Colombia · Côte d'Ivoire · El Salvador · France · Guatemala · Haiti · Honduras · Nicaragua · Niger · Peru · Paraguay · Senegal · Uruguay
See also
- Category:Departments of the Duchy of Warsaw
| French terms for country subdivisions |
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| arrondissement · département · préfecture · sous-préfecture |
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