Argentina provinces quiz

The 24 provinces in the quiz

Argentina has 23 provinces and the City of Buenos Aires: 24 in the quiz. Use the Capitals button in the panel to find their capitals instead.

One is so small that it has a circle you can tap; at sea, tapping close to it is enough.

How to play

In Point mode we name a province and you tap it on the map; in Type mode one lights up and you type its name (accents don’t matter); and in Time trial you get 6 seconds per question. If you miss, we show you where it was, which way it lies and a hint drawn from the data: its size rank and its neighbors.

Each game has 10, 20 or all the questions, and at the end you can practice just the ones you missed. Your best score for each mode is saved in this browser only: neither we nor anyone else can see it, and there’s no sign-up.

The hardest ones

The smallest provinces are the hardest, since they barely show on the map: City of Buenos Aires (about 150 sq mi), Tierra del Fuego (about 8,100 sq mi), and Tucumán (about 8,800 sq mi). Zoom in with the buttons or two fingers to tap them.

And watch out for look-alike names: Buenos Aires and City of Buenos Aires.

Tips to learn them

• Start with the three largest: Buenos Aires, Santa Cruz, and Chubut cover 28% of the area of Argentina.
• The 11 provinces bordering Chile trace that border on the map: Catamarca, Chubut, Jujuy, La Rioja, Mendoza, Neuquén, Río Negro, Salta, San Juan, Santa Cruz, and Tierra del Fuego.
• 16 of the 24 have no coastline: Catamarca, Chaco, Córdoba, Formosa, Jujuy, La Pampa, La Rioja, Mendoza, Misiones, Neuquén, Salta, San Juan, San Luis, Santa Fe, Santiago del Estero, and Tucumán.
• Tierra del Fuego has no land border with any other province on the map: look for it at sea.
• Córdoba has the most neighbors: it borders 7 provinces. Once you place it, you have a landmark for many more.

Playing in class

If you teach in Argentina, start with your school’s province and its neighbors and add a few each day. Otherwise, it’s a good way to get to know the country before studying it.

With the Challenge your class link, everyone gets the same questions in the same order, with no accounts or passwords, and each student sees their own score, time and streak. To practice on paper, there’s a printable worksheet of the same map with an answer key.

List of all 24 provinces

1. Buenos Aires La Plata
2. Catamarca San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca
3. Chaco Resistencia
4. Chubut Rawson
5. City of Buenos Aires Buenos Aires
6. Córdoba Córdoba
7. Corrientes Corrientes
8. Entre Ríos Paraná
9. Formosa Formosa
10. Jujuy San Salvador de Jujuy
11. La Pampa Santa Rosa
12. La Rioja La Rioja
13. Mendoza Mendoza
14. Misiones Posadas
15. Neuquén Neuquén
16. Río Negro Viedma
17. Salta Salta
18. San Juan San Juan
19. San Luis San Luis
20. Santa Cruz Río Gallegos
21. Santa Fe Santa Fe
22. Santiago del Estero Santiago del Estero
23. Tierra del Fuego Ushuaia
24. Tucumán San Miguel de Tucumán