Are departments and states the same?

A department (French: département, Spanish: departamento) is an administrative or political division in many countries. This attempt to de-emphasize local political identity contrasts strongly with countries divided into “states” (implying local sovereignty).

What is the difference between states and regions?

is that state is a polity while region is any considerable and connected part of a space or surface; specifically, a tract of land or sea of considerable but indefinite extent; a country; a district; in a broad sense, a place without special reference to location or extent but viewed as an entity for geographical.

Why does Canada use provinces instead of states?

The major difference between a Canadian province and a territory is that provinces receive their power and authority from the Constitution Act, 1867 (formerly called the British North America Act, 1867), whereas territorial governments are creatures of statute with powers delegated to them by the Parliament of Canada.

What is the difference between province and territory?

There is a clear constitutional distinction between provinces and territories. While provinces exercise constitutional powers in their own right, the territories exercise delegated powers under the authority of the Parliament of Canada.

Why is the Department of State?

The Department of State advises the President and leads the nation in foreign policy issues. The State Department negotiates treaties and agreements with foreign entities, and represents the United States at the United Nations.

What is the difference between the State Department and the Department of Defense?

It is difficult to compare what the Department of Defense does with what the State Department does. The missions of the two departments are very different, and while DoD concentrates its forces in a few areas during periods of conflict, State maintains a continuous presence in almost every country in the world.

What is the difference between city and province?

is that city is a large settlement, bigger than a town while province is a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level; (canada) one of ten of canada’s federated entities, recognized by the constitution and having a separate representative of the sovereign (compare territory).

What is the difference between a region and a province?

A province is an area outside of the Natural borders of one country but ruled by that country. Hawaii may be viewed as a State, but it is fact outside of American natural borders, so is in fact an American province. A region Geographically is an area of land that has similar topography.

What are the differences between provinces and territories?

While provinces exercise constitutional powers in their own right, the territories exercise delegated powers under the authority of the Parliament of Canada. Historically, this authority has meant that the North was largely governed by federal officials.

Why are Canada’s territories not provinces?

Each of the provinces has its own “sovereignty” in the sense that there are provincial representatives of the Crown (Lieutenant Governors), whereas the territories do not have “sovereignty” in that sense. They only have representatives of the federal government and are part of the federal realm.

What is the difference between states and provinces?

Federal countries like the USA, Australia, Austria and Germany are organised into states with each holding a certain level of constitutional protection. However, as already mentioned, in Canada these divisions share pretty much the same function but are called provinces.

What is the difference between Canada and India’s system of provinces?

While Canada formally has provinces, in practice they work more like states with their own key powers and autonomy. While India switched from provinces to states in 1950, its Constitution still provides the central government more leeway in breaking/merging the states.

What are the laws of the provinces?

Provinces are overseen by administrators who ensure the province complies with the countries laws. They do not have individual laws. Example of state/federal law, in the US, some states allow medicinal marijuana and issue permits, state police can’t touch them (their laws say it’s legal) but the federal government can.

Why does Canada have provinces?

It was the constitutional act of 1867 that established smaller geographical units as provinces that were meant to be sub divisions of the country with separate administrative setups that worked under the central government. It is not just Canada that has provinces.