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The word department has a number of meanings:
It can mean an administrative sector of the government. It designates administrative areas of centralized countries,
spanish departamento
- Departments of Bolivia
- Departments of Colombia
- Departments of El Salvador
- Departments of Guatemala
- Departments of Honduras
- Departments of Nicaragua
- Departments of Paraguay
- Departments of Uruguay
french département
In some countries (e.g. United States, Switzerland), department is a term used instead of ministry to define a specific sector of the federal government.
- Department (US Army), is a term used, by the US Army, mostly prior to World War I.
- A Department (naval) is a section devoted to one of several major tasks.
In business, see departmentalization
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