Department
Categories: Disambiguation | Subnational entities | Departments
A department is a part of a larger organization with a specific responsibility. For the division of organizations into departments, see departmentalization.
In particular:
- A government department in the United States and Switzerland corresponds to a ministry in other systems:
- A geographic area of a centralized country which functions as an administrative unit, modelled on the French départements (in Spanish, departamento):
- Part of an institution such as a commercial company (see departmentalization) or a non-profit organization such as a university.
- A department store includes many specialized departments.
- In the US military:
- "Department" is a term used by the US Army, mostly prior to World War I.
- A naval Department is a section devoted to one of several major tasks.
- Part of a state or municipal government:
| Subnational entity | ||
|---|---|---|
| Banner | Borough | Canton | Circuit | City | Commune | County | Council | Department | District | Division | Dominion | Duchy | Governorate | Hamlet | Municipality | Neighbourhood | Parish | Prefecture | Province | Region | Republic | State | Territory | Town | Township | Village | Voivodship | Community | ||
| Autonomous: | banner | city | community | county | prefecture | province | region | republic | ward | |
| Civil: | parish | township | |
| Federal: | capital | district | capital district | capital territory | |
| Local: | council | |
| Metropolitan: | borough | county | |
| National: | capital district | capital territory | |
| Rural: | council | district | municipality | |
| Urban: | district | |
| edit | See also: List of terms for subnational entities, List of subnational entities, Matrix of subnational entities | |
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