Honduras departments quiz

The 18 departments in the quiz

Honduras has 18 departments: 18 in the quiz. Use the Capitals button in the panel to find their capitals instead.

How to play

In Point mode we name a department 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 departments are the hardest, since they barely show on the map: Islas de la Bahía (about 100 sq mi), Valle (about 620 sq mi), and Ocotepeque (about 650 sq mi). Zoom in with the buttons or two fingers to tap them.

Tips to learn them

• Start with the three largest: Olancho, Gracias a Dios, and Francisco Morazán cover 43% of the area of Honduras.
• The 5 departments bordering El Salvador trace that border on the map: Intibucá, La Paz, Lempira, Ocotepeque, and Valle.
• 11 of the 18 have no coastline: Comayagua, Copán, El Paraíso, Francisco Morazán, Intibucá, La Paz, Lempira, Ocotepeque, Olancho, Santa Bárbara, and Yoro.
• Islas de la Bahía has no land border with any other department on the map: look for it at sea.
• Francisco Morazán has the most neighbors: it borders 7 departments. Once you place it, you have a landmark for many more.

Playing in class

If you teach in Honduras, start with your school’s department 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 18 departments

1. Atlántida La Ceiba
2. Choluteca Choluteca
3. Colón Trujillo
4. Comayagua Comayagua
5. Copán Santa Rosa de Copán
6. Cortés San Pedro Sula
7. El Paraíso Yuscarán
8. Francisco Morazán Tegucigalpa
9. Gracias a Dios Puerto Lempira
10. Intibucá La Esperanza
11. Islas de la Bahía Roatán
12. La Paz La Paz
13. Lempira Gracias
14. Ocotepeque Nueva Ocotepeque
15. Olancho Juticalpa
16. Santa Bárbara Santa Bárbara
17. Valle Nacaome
18. Yoro Yoro