Ecuador provinces quiz

The 24 provinces in the quiz

Ecuador has 24 provinces: 24 in the quiz. Use the Capitals button in the panel to find their capitals instead.

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: Tungurahua (about 1,300 sq mi), Carchi (about 1,400 sq mi), and Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas (about 1,500 sq mi). Zoom in with the buttons or two fingers to tap them.

Tips to learn them

• Start with the three largest: Pastaza, Morona Santiago, and Orellana cover 29% of the area of Ecuador.
• The 7 provinces bordering Peru trace that border on the map: El Oro, Loja, Morona Santiago, Orellana, Pastaza, Sucumbíos, and Zamora Chinchipe.
• Only 6 of the 24 provinces have a coastline: find them first along the edge of the map.
• Galápagos has no land border with any other province on the map: look for it at sea.
• Guayas 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 Ecuador, 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. Azuay Cuenca
2. Bolívar Guaranda
3. Cañar Azogues
4. Carchi Tulcán
5. Chimborazo Riobamba
6. Cotopaxi Latacunga
7. El Oro Machala
8. Esmeraldas Esmeraldas
9. Galápagos Puerto Baquerizo Moreno
10. Guayas Guayaquil
11. Imbabura Ibarra
12. Loja Loja
13. Los Ríos Babahoyo
14. Manabí Portoviejo
15. Morona Santiago Macas
16. Napo Tena
17. Orellana Puerto Francisco de Orellana
18. Pastaza Puyo
19. Pichincha Quito
20. Santa Elena Santa Elena
21. Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas Santo Domingo
22. Sucumbíos Nueva Loja
23. Tungurahua Ambato
24. Zamora Chinchipe Zamora