Departments of Argentina
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Departments (Spanish: departamentos) form the second level of administrative division (below the provinces) in all of Argentina except for the Province of Buenos Aires and the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, the national capital, each of which has different administrative arrangements.
Except in La Rioja, Mendoza, and San Juan Provinces, departments have no executive authorities or assemblies of their own. However, they serve as territorial constituencies for the election of members of the legislative bodies of most provinces. For example, in Santa Fe Province, each department returns one senator to the provincial senate. In Tucumán Province, on the other hand, where legislators are elected by zone (Capital, East, West) the departments serve only as districts for the organization of certain civil agencies, such as the police or the health system.
There are 376 departments in all, including the two "nominal" departments composed of internationally disputed territory in Tierra del Fuego Province. Of the department names, 32 are not unique within Argentina, with the result that 75 departments have identically or similarly named counterparts in one or more other Argentine province.
List of departments
Departments with the same or similar names
- Some departments have similar names
Referring to Manuel Belgrano in some form 7x
- Belgrano Department: 3x
- Doctor Manuel Belgrano Department, Jujuy
- General Belgrano Department: 2x
- General Manuel Belgrano Department, Misiones
Referring to José de San Martín 10x
- General San Martín Department: 2x
- Libertador General San Martín Department: 3x
- San Martín Department: 5x
- Some departments in different provinces have the same name
- Avellaneda Department
- Belgrano Department
- Bermejo Department
- Bermejo Department, Chaco
- Bermejo Department, Formosa
- Capital 11x
- Chacabuco Department
- Colón Department
- General Alvear Department
- General Belgrano Department
- General Belgrano Department, Chaco
- General Belgrano Department, La Rioja
- General Güemes Department
- General Roca Department
- General Roca Department, Córdoba
- General Roca Department, Río Negro
- General San Martín Department
- General San Martín Department, Córdoba
- General San Martín Department, Salta
- General San Martín Department, La Rioja
- Independencia Department
- Independencia Department, Chaco
- Independencia Department, La Rioja
- Junín Department
- La Paz Department
- La Paz Department, Catamarca
- La Paz Department, Entre Ríos
- La Paz Department, Mendoza
- Lavalle Department
- Libertador General San Martín Department
- Libertador General San Martín Department, Misiones
- Libertador General San Martín Department, Chaco
- Libertador General San Martín Department, San Luis
- Maipú Department
- Minas Department
- Nueve de Julio Department
- Nueve de Julio Department, Chaco
- Nueve de Julio Department, Río Negro
- Nueve de Julio Department, San Juan
- Nueve de Julio Department, Santa Fe
- Rawson Department
- Río Chico Department
- Rivadavia Department
- Rivadavia Department, Mendoza
- Rivadavia Department, Salta
- Rivadavia Department, San Juan
- Rivadavia Department, Santiago del Estero
- San Antonio Department
- San Antonio Department, Jujuy
- San Antonio Department, Río Negro
- San Carlos Department
- San Javier Department
- San Javier Department, Córdoba
- San Javier Department, Misiones
- San Javier Department, Santa Fe
- San Justo Department
- San Martín Department
- San Pedro Department
- San Pedro Department, Jujuy
- San Pedro Department, Misiones
- Santa Rosa Department
- Sarmiento Department
- Veinticinco de Mayo Department
- Veinticinco de Mayo Department, Chaco
- Veinticinco de Mayo Department, Misiones
- Veinticinco de Mayo Department, Río Negro
- Veinticinco de Mayo Department, San Juan
See also
- For a list of partidos in the province of Buenos Aires, see Partidos of Buenos Aires
- For a list of comunas in the city of Buenos Aires, see Communes of Buenos Aires