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Colombia Departments Quiz

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Colombia Departments Quiz

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Write the name of each numbered part of Colombia.Answer key

  1. La Guajira
  2. Magdalena
  3. Atlántico
  4. Cesar
  5. Bolívar
  6. Sucre
  7. Córdoba
  8. San Andrés and Providencia
  9. Antioquia
  10. Chocó
  11. Norte de Santander
  12. Santander
  13. Boyacá
  14. Cundinamarca
  15. Bogotá
  16. Caldas
  17. Risaralda
  18. Quindío
  19. Tolima
  20. Valle del Cauca
  21. Cauca
  22. Huila
  23. Nariño
  24. Putumayo
  25. Caquetá
  26. Amazonas
  27. Vaupés
  28. Guainía
  29. Guaviare
  30. Meta
  31. Casanare
  32. Arauca
  33. Vichada

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Each part of Colombia is a button. Use the arrow keys to move between them and Enter to choose. Names are read out in Study, and once a part of Colombia is answered.

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  1. La Guajira Capital: Riohacha. Holds the northernmost point of mainland South America.
  2. Magdalena Capital: Santa Marta. Named after the Magdalena River.
  3. Atlántico Capital: Barranquilla. The third smallest department by area.
  4. Cesar Capital: Valledupar. Borders Venezuela to the east.
  5. Bolívar Capital: Cartagena. Stretches south along the Magdalena River.
  6. Sucre Capital: Sincelejo. Named for Antonio José de Sucre.
  7. Córdoba Capital: Montería. On the Caribbean coast, north of Antioquia.
  8. San Andrés and Providencia Capital: San Andrés. Caribbean islands, the smallest department.
  9. Antioquia Capital: Medellín, the country's second largest city.
  10. Chocó Capital: Quibdó. The only department with coasts on two oceans.
  11. Norte de Santander Capital: Cúcuta. Borders Venezuela to the east and north.
  12. Santander Capital: Bucaramanga. Named for one of the nine states of 1863.
  13. Boyacá Capital: Tunja. The 1819 Battle of Boyacá was fought here.
  14. Cundinamarca Capital: Bogotá, which is not part of the department.
  15. Bogotá The Capital District: the national capital and Colombia's largest city.
  16. Caldas Capital: Manizales. Risaralda and Quindío were split from it in 1966.
  17. Risaralda Capital: Pereira. Split from Caldas in 1966.
  18. Quindío Capital: Armenia. The second smallest department.
  19. Tolima Capital: Ibagué. Created in 1861 from part of Cundinamarca.
  20. Valle del Cauca Capital: Cali. Buenaventura is Colombia's main port on the Pacific.
  21. Cauca Capital: Popayán. Faces the Pacific Ocean to the west.
  22. Huila Capital: Neiva. It lies south of Tolima and has no coast.
  23. Nariño Capital: Pasto. Borders Ecuador and the Pacific Ocean.
  24. Putumayo Capital: Mocoa. Borders Ecuador and Peru.
  25. Caquetá Capital: Florencia. Lies in the Amazon rainforest.
  26. Amazonas Capital: Leticia. The largest department, named for the Amazon River.
  27. Vaupés Capital: Mitú. Fewest people of any department.
  28. Guainía Capital: Inírida. Borders Venezuela and Brazil.
  29. Guaviare Capital: San José del Guaviare. A department since 1991.
  30. Meta Capital: Villavicencio. Close to the geographic center of the country.
  31. Casanare Capital: Yopal. Known for oil, natural gas and wide plains.
  32. Arauca Capital: Arauca. Borders Venezuela, in the far north of the plains.
  33. Vichada Capital: Puerto Carreño. The second largest department.

How this list was compiled: The 33 parts (32 departments and the capital district of Bogotá) and their names: the DIVIPOLA table of the Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística (DANE) as published at https://www.datos.gov.co/resource/gdxc-w37w.json (33 department codes, 05 Antioquia to 99 Vichada, with 11 Bogotá, D.C.), read 2026-10-08, and ISO 3166-2:CO as printed at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-2:CO, read the same day. Capitals, Amazonas the largest and San Andrés the smallest by area, Antioquia the most people of the 32 departments, Bogotá more than any department, Vaupés the fewest, the nine states of 1863 and the departments made in 1991: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Departments_of_Colombia, read 2026-10-08. Bogotá, capital of Cundinamarca and not part of it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bogot%C3%A1 and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cundinamarca_Department. One checked line each, from the lead of the department's own article at en.wikipedia.org, read 2026-10-08: La_Guajira_Department with Punta_Gallinas (northernmost point of mainland South America), Magdalena_Department, Atl%C3%A1ntico_Department (third smallest), Cesar_Department, Bol%C3%ADvar_Department, Sucre_Department, C%C3%B3rdoba_Department, San_Andr%C3%A9s_and_Providencia, Antioquia_Department (Medellín the second largest city), Choc%C3%B3_Department (two oceans, the whole border with Panama), Norte_de_Santander_Department, Santander_Department, Boyac%C3%A1_Department (the battle of 7 August 1819), Caldas_Department and Risaralda_Department (split in 1966), Quind%C3%ADo_Department (second smallest), Tolima_Department (1861), Valle_del_Cauca_Department (Buenaventura), Cauca_Department, Nari%C3%B1o_Department, Putumayo_Department, Caquet%C3%A1_Department, Amazonas_Department,_Colombia, Vaup%C3%A9s_Department, Guain%C3%ADa_Department, Guaviare_Department (1991), Meta_Department, Casanare_Department, Arauca_Department, Vichada_Department (second largest). The line for Huila is read from the drawing and the Tolima article. San Andrés and Providencia is drawn in an inset, not in its true place; no distance is printed. The map was drawn for this site from Natural Earth 5.1.2, a public-domain map dataset; where a part lies on the map (a coast, a corner, a neighbor) was read from that drawing. Licence: own work

The drawing: Drawn for this site from Natural Earth 5.1.2, ne_10m_admin_1_states_provinces (scale 1:10,000,000), https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/v5.1.2/geojson/ne_10m_admin_1_states_provinces.geojson, downloaded 2026-09-19. Surrounding land from Natural Earth 5.1.2, ne_10m_admin_0_countries (scale 1:10,000,000), https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/v5.1.2/geojson/ne_10m_admin_0_countries.geojson, downloaded 2026-09-19. Capitals from Natural Earth 5.1.2, ne_10m_populated_places_simple (scale 1:10,000,000), https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/v5.1.2/geojson/ne_10m_populated_places_simple.geojson, downloaded 2026-09-19. Lambert azimuthal equal-area projection centred on 4.2°N 72.9°W. San Andrés and Providencia moved into an inset. Outlines simplified; small islands are left out. Licence: public domain (Natural Earth terms of use: https://www.naturalearthdata.com/about/terms-of-use/)

How it works

This Colombia departments quiz asks for 32 departments and Bogotá, the Capital District: 33 shapes. Bogotá carries a ring, and the islands of San Andrés and Providencia sit in a box at the upper left, not in their true place.

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Three rounds of eleven

Each round asks eleven shapes from all over the country. The north runs from La Guajira on the Caribbean to Antioquia and Chocó. The Andes around Bogotá are crowded: Caldas, Risaralda and Quindío are three small shapes side by side. The south and the east are the Amazon and the plains.

Capitals, and the one that stands apart

The capital of Cundinamarca is Bogotá, which is not part of the department. For the other capitals, Show me the labels first puts each name on the map; tap a department there and its capital is in the line under it.

  • Four departments face the Pacific, north to south: Chocó, Valle del Cauca, Cauca and Nariño.
  • Chocó is the only department with coasts on two oceans, and all of Colombia's border with Panama is in it.
  • Amazonas is the largest department and ends in a narrow tail at the bottom of the map.

Questions and answers

Does Colombia have states or departments?

Departments. Colombia has 32 departments and one Capital District and no states, so a Colombia states map quiz is this one: 33 shapes to find. The country's statistics office codes the same 33.

Which department of Colombia has the most people?

Antioquia, around Medellín, has the most people of the 32 departments. Bogotá, the Capital District, has more people than any department, and Vaupés, in the Amazon, has the fewest.

What department is Bogotá in?

None. Bogotá is the Capital District, which has the same standing as a department and belongs to none of the 32.

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