Department (administrative division)
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title:
Department (administrative division)
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A department is an administrative or political division in several countries. Departments are the first-level divisions of 11 countries, nine in the Americas and two in Africa. An additional 10 countries use departments as second-level divisions, eight in Africa, and one each in the Americas and Europe. As a territorial entity, "department" was first used by the French Revolutionary governments, apparently to emphasize that each territory was simply an administrative sub-division of the united s
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Administrative or political division in some countries
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_(administrative_division)
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2023-07-26T20:24:54Z
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