Beninese departments, found on the map
Learn Benin’s twelve departments, from the coast to the northern borders.
12 to find, 6 a run.
2 rounds, 5 of 6 to pass each. Pass one and its places are yours.
12 departments · one map
What the map tells you about each one
The paragraph the game shows when you find each one. Reading them first is not cheating.
- Alibori
- Alibori is the northeastern department along the Niger River. Its departmental seat is Kandi.
- Atakora
- Atakora is the northwestern department around Natitingou. Its departmental seat is Natitingou.
- Atlantique
- Atlantique is the southern department surrounding Abomey-Calavi. Its departmental seat is Allada.
- Borgou
- Borgou is the northeastern interior around Parakou. Its departmental seat is Parakou.
- Collines
- Collines is the central department around Dassa-Zoumè. Its departmental seat is Dassa-Zoumè.
- Donga
- Donga is the northwestern interior around Djougou. Its departmental seat is Djougou.
- Kouffo
- Kouffo is the southwestern department north of Mono. Its departmental seat is Aplahoué.
- Littoral
- Littoral is the small coastal department containing Cotonou. Its departmental seat is Cotonou.
- Mono
- Mono is the southwestern coastal department around Lokossa. Its departmental seat is Lokossa.
- Ouémé
- Ouémé is the southeastern department containing Porto-Novo. Its departmental seat is Porto-Novo.
- Plateau
- Plateau is the eastern department around Pobè and Kétou. Its departmental seat is Pobè.
- Zou
- Zou is the south-central department around Abomey. Its departmental seat is Abomey.
How this one works
How many departments are on the map?
12. Every one of them is on the map, and a run asks 6 of them. Pass a round and the places you found in it drop out of the pool, so the next run is what you have left.
What is a round?
A run of 6 questions, and 5 right passes it. 2 rounds cover the whole map, and the counter at the top of the Benin page counts the ones behind you. Passing is what banks a round's finds: miss the mark and nothing is taken off the map, so every place that round asked about is still there to be asked again. A round is always the places you have not found yet, and when fewer than five are left it is topped up with a few you have found as review, so the last round is never one or two questions. Three quarters of it passes it.
Can I start the map over?
Yes. "Reset this map" under the counter puts all 12 back in the pool and sets the rounds to zero the moment you press it, so the whole map is there to be found again from nothing. It clears this map only; the other maps of Benin keep their progress.
Do I need an account?
No. The game plays in the page, and a guest's progress is kept in their own browser. Signing in carries it between devices and earns XP for a run.
What happens when I get one wrong?
The map names what you actually hit, then lights up the right answer in green and tells you something about the place. Missing one is how most of this map gets learned.
The other maps of Benin
The same map for other countries
Africa
Europe
Asia
North America
Oceania
All of Benin’s maps together on the Benin atlas page, the country itself on the Benin guide, and the other two hundred on the world map.