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Peru Map Quiz

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Peru Map Quiz

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Write the name of each numbered region.Answer key

  1. Loreto
  2. Piura
  3. Tumbes
  4. Lambayeque
  5. Cajamarca
  6. Amazonas
  7. San Martín
  8. La Libertad
  9. Áncash
  10. Lima
  11. Callao
  12. Junín
  13. Pasco
  14. Huánuco
  15. Ucayali
  16. Huancavelica
  17. Ica
  18. Ayacucho
  19. Cusco
  20. Madre de Dios
  21. Apurímac
  22. Puno
  23. Arequipa
  24. Moquegua
  25. Tacna

Drawn for this site from Natural Earth 5.1.2. Licence: public domain.

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

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  1. Loreto Capital: Iquitos. The largest department by area.
  2. Piura Capital: Piura. A department since 1861.
  3. Tumbes Capital: Tumbes. The smallest department; made one in 1942.
  4. Lambayeque Capital: Chiclayo. Established in 1874.
  5. Cajamarca Capital: Cajamarca. Established in 1855.
  6. Amazonas Capital: Chachapoyas. First established in 1832.
  7. San Martín Capital: Moyobamba. Established in 1906.
  8. La Libertad Capital: Trujillo. Established in 1821 as Trujillo, renamed in 1825.
  9. Áncash Capital: Huaraz. Established in 1835 as Huaylas, renamed in 1839.
  10. Lima Capital: Lima, the national capital. The regional government sits in Huacho.
  11. Callao Capital: Callao. A province of its own, in no department since 1836.
  12. Junín Capital: Huancayo. Established in 1822 as Huánuco, renamed in 1825.
  13. Pasco Capital: Cerro de Pasco. Established in 1944.
  14. Huánuco Capital: Huánuco. Established in 1869.
  15. Ucayali Capital: Pucallpa. The newest department, 1980, and the second largest.
  16. Huancavelica Capital: Huancavelica. First established in 1822, restored in 1839.
  17. Ica Capital: Ica. Established in 1855.
  18. Ayacucho Capital: Ayacucho. Established in 1822 as Huamanga, renamed in 1825.
  19. Cusco Capital: Cusco. Established in 1822. Also spelled Cuzco.
  20. Madre de Dios Capital: Puerto Maldonado. Established in 1912; the third largest department.
  21. Apurímac Capital: Abancay. Established in 1873.
  22. Puno Capital: Puno. Established in 1822.
  23. Arequipa Capital: Arequipa. Established in 1822.
  24. Moquegua Capital: Moquegua. A department again since 1936.
  25. Tacna Capital: Tacna. Established in 1875.

How this list was compiled: The 24 departments and the Constitutional Province of Callao, their capitals and areas (Loreto the largest, then Ucayali and Madre de Dios; Tumbes the smallest department and Callao smaller still), the year each department was established or renamed, Ucayali the twenty-fourth in 1980, Callao in no department since 1836, Huacho the seat of the regional government of the department of Lima, the province of Lima outside every region and run by its metropolitan municipality, and 'departments, informally called regions': https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regions_of_Peru (lead, History and the table of departments), read 2026-10-09. Names, codes and the category 'region' for all 25: ISO 3166-2:PE as printed at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-2:PE (25 regions and one municipality), read 2026-10-09. Lima the capital of the country: the same two articles. The drawing puts the department of Lima and the province of Lima together as one shape. 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 10.3°S 75°W. 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 Peru map quiz asks for the 25 regions on a blank map: the 24 departments and the port province of Callao. Callao is too small to tap, so it carries a ring on the coast beside Lima.

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Three rounds, each down the whole map

Each round asks eight or nine shapes from the north, the center and the south together. The north runs from Loreto, by far the largest, to Áncash on the coast. The center is Lima, Callao and Ica on the coast, the mountain departments behind them and Ucayali in the east. The south is seven departments, from Cusco to Tacna.

Eleven capitals with another name

Fourteen of the 25 share a name with their capital. The rest include Loreto (Iquitos), La Libertad (Trujillo), Lambayeque (Chiclayo), Junín (Huancayo) and Áncash (Huaraz). To read all 25, open Show me the labels first and tap any department.

  • Amazonas is not the giant of the northeast. That is Loreto; Amazonas is the narrow shape on its western side.
  • Lima is one shape here: the department and the province of the capital city are drawn together.
  • Typing Cuzco counts for Cusco, and El Callao for Callao.

Questions and answers

How many departments does Peru have?

Twenty-four; the last, Ucayali, was added in 1980. Callao, a port province that has belonged to no department since 1836, has a regional government of its own, so this map asks for 25 parts.

Is Lima a department of Peru?

Yes. The department of Lima has its regional government in Huacho, while the province of Lima, which holds the capital city, belongs to no region and is run by its metropolitan municipality. This map draws the two as one shape.

What is the largest department of Peru?

Loreto, in the northeast: it is more than three times the size of Ucayali, the second largest. Tumbes, on the northwest coast, is the smallest department, and the province of Callao is smaller still.

Does Peru have regions or departments?

Both words are used. The first-level divisions are departments, informally called regions, and each one is administered by a regional government. The international standard ISO 3166-2 lists all 25 as regions.

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