Department (administrative division)

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A department (French: département, Spanish: departamento) is an administrative division of a country, roughly equivalent to a province, with or without a representative assembly.

[edit] Countries using departments

Argentina · Benin · Bolivia · Burkina Faso · Cameroon · Colombia · Côte d'Ivoire · El Salvador · France · Gabon · Guatemala · Haiti · Honduras · Nicaragua · Niger · Peru · Paraguay · Senegal · Uruguay

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