A ' () is a administrative division, country subdivision in several Latin America, Latin American countries, mostly as top-level subnational divisions (except in Argentina). It is usually simply translated as "department (country subdivision), department".

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 centralized government, centralize the government. Types of administrative division {{Geo-term-stub pt:Departamento