Bolivian departments, found on the map
Find all nine departments, from Pando and Beni to Potosí and Tarija. Sucre belongs to Chuquisaca; La Paz and El Alto share La Paz department.
9 to find, 8 a run.
2 rounds, 6 of 8 to pass each. Pass one and its places are yours.
Every one on the map
Every place listed below can be asked in this game. Places you find in a passed round drop out of your remaining pool.
- Beni
- Chuquisaca
- Cochabamba
- La Paz
- Oruro
- Pando
- Potosí
- Santa Cruz
- Tarija
What the map tells you about each one
The paragraph the game shows when you find each one. Reading them first is not cheating.
- La Paz
- La Paz and El Alto belong to this department. Its landscapes descend from the Altiplano through the Yungas towards Amazonian lowlands.
- Oruro
- Oruro is both a department and its capital city. Its highland setting connects carnival traditions with a long mining history.
- Potosí
- The Salar de Uyuni lies in this department. Potosí city stands below Cerro Rico, while Villazón faces Argentina at the southern border.
- Tarija
- Tarija includes southern valleys and part of the Gran Chaco. It borders Argentina and Paraguay.
- Santa Cruz
- Bolivia’s largest department includes Chiquitano landscapes, farming areas and the eastern foothills. Its capital is Santa Cruz de la Sierra.
- Chuquisaca
- Sucre is both Chuquisaca’s capital and Bolivia’s constitutional capital. The department extends southeast from the valleys towards the Chaco.
- Pando
- Cobija is Pando’s capital on the Brazilian border. The Madre de Dios and other Amazonian rivers cross this forested northern department.
- Beni
- Also called El Beni, this department contains extensive seasonally flooded plains. Trinidad is its capital; the Mamoré crosses the lowlands.
- Cochabamba
- Cochabamba connects inter-Andean valleys with tropical slopes and lowlands. Its capital lies between the western highlands and eastern Santa Cruz.
How this one works
How many departments are on the map?
9. Every one of them is on the map, and a run asks 8 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 8 questions, and 6 right passes it. 2 rounds cover the whole map, and the counter at the top of the Bolivia 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 9 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 Bolivia 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 Bolivia
El Salvador has the same map in Salvadoran departments. Guatemala has the same map in Guatemalan departments. Honduras has the same map in Honduran departments. Paraguay has the same map in Paraguayan departments and Asunción. Uruguay has the same map in Uruguayan departments. All three together on the Bolivia atlas page, the country itself on the Bolivia guide, and the other two hundred on the world map.