Department
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The present page holds the title of a primary topic, and an article needs to be written about it. It is believed to qualify as a broad-concept article. It may be written directly at this page or drafted elsewhere and then moved to this title. Related titles should be described in Department, while unrelated titles should be moved to Department (disambiguation). |
Department may refer to:
- Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
- Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, for example:
- Departments of Colombia, a grouping of municipalities
- Departments of France, administrative divisions three levels below the national government
- Departments of Honduras
- Departments of Peru, name given to the subdivisions of Peru until 2002
- Departments of Uruguay
- Department (United States Army), corps areas of the U.S. Army prior to World War I
- Fire department, a public or private organization that provides emergency firefighting and rescue services
- Ministry (government department), a specialized division of a government
- Police department, a body empowered by the state to enforce the law
- Department (naval) administrative/functional sub-unit of a ship's company.
Other uses
- Department (film), a 2012 Bollywood action film about police taking on Mumbai criminals
- The Department (film), a 2015 Nigerian action film, about two lovers undermining dodgy business dealings
- The Department, a satirical comedy on BBC Radio 4
- The Department (play), a 1975 play by David Williamson
- The Department, a 1980 TV film based on the play
- Academic department, a division of a university or school faculty devoted to a particular academic discipline
- Department head, a management position
- Department store, a retail store that includes many specialized departments such as clothing or household items
