Panama provinces quiz

The 14 provinces in the quiz

Panama has 10 provinces and 4 indigenous comarcas: 14 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: Naso Tjër Di (about 620 sq mi), Guna Yala (about 870 sq mi), and Herrera (about 910 sq mi). Zoom in with the buttons or two fingers to tap them.

And watch out for look-alike names: Panamá and Panamá Oeste.

Tips to learn them

• Start with the three largest: Darién, Veraguas, and Panamá cover 42% of the area of Panama.
• The 3 provinces bordering Costa Rica trace that border on the map: Bocas del Toro, Chiriquí, and Naso Tjër Di.
• 2 of the 14 have no coastline: Emberá-Wounaan and Naso Tjër Di.
• Veraguas has the most neighbors: it borders 6 provinces. Once you place it, you have a landmark for many more.

Playing in class

If you teach in Panama, 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 14 provinces

1. Bocas del Toro Bocas del Toro
2. Chiriquí David
3. Coclé Penonomé
4. Colón Colón
5. Darién La Palma
6. Emberá-Wounaan Unión Chocó
7. Guna Yala El Porvenir
8. Herrera Chitré
9. Los Santos Las Tablas
10. Naso Tjër Di Sieyic
11. Ngäbe-Buglé Llano Tugrí
12. Panamá Panama City
13. Panamá Oeste La Chorrera
14. Veraguas Santiago de Veraguas