Which capitals differ from their department’s name?

Cerro Largo’s is Melo, Flores’s Trinidad, Lavalleja’s Minas, Río Negro’s Fray Bentos and Soriano’s Mercedes. Where the two share a name, as in Salto and Rivera, both are still named.

Is there a worksheet version?

Yes — choose the numbered style: the departments are numbered and pupils write each name and capital, with the answers on page two.

Can I print it larger?

Yes: choose A3 for more room for the names. The lines are vector, so they stay sharp at any size.

Why is Montevideo named only once?

Montevideo is both a department and the national capital, in one city. The map names the department and rings its capital’s dot, rather than writing Montevideo twice; on the worksheet it is number 17, with Montevideo as the answer for both lines.

Is anything uploaded?

No. The map is made in your browser. On the free plan a small line with our name is printed at the foot of the sheet.

Map of Uruguay with departments and capitals

All 19 departments, named, with their capitals.

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Uruguay’s 19 departmental capitals on A4, and the five with a different name

A student preparing for a semester in Montevideo prints the page as it opens: A4 upright, the 19 departments named and 19 capital dots, Montevideo ringed. All names fit inside with no leader lines, on A4, US Letter and A3. Every capital is named beside its dot, also those named as their department, except Montevideo, which is named once, as the department.

“Numbered, to write the names and capitals” gives uruguay-capitals-worksheet.pdf: the map numbered in the table’s order, 1 Artigas to 19 Maldonado, two lines per number, and the answers on page two.
On US Letter the worksheet’s two pages are landscape, the list beside the map; on A4 they are upright.

Department	Capital
Artigas	Artigas
Paysandú	Paysandú
Salto	Salto
Tacuarembó	Tacuarembó
Rivera	Rivera
Cerro Largo	Melo
Soriano	Mercedes
Río Negro	Fray Bentos
Flores	Trinidad
Florida	Florida
Durazno	Durazno
Lavalleja	Minas
Treinta y Tres	Treinta y Tres
Rocha	Rocha
Colonia	Colonia del Sacramento
San José	San José de Mayo
Montevideo	Montevideo (ringed)
Canelones	Canelones
Maldonado	Maldonado

Five capitals have another name altogether: Melo, Mercedes, Fray Bentos, Trinidad and Minas. Two more are longer than their department’s name, Colonia del Sacramento and San José de Mayo — the forms the answers expect.

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The map names each division and marks its capital with a dot and its name.
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Frequently asked questions

Which capitals differ from their department’s name?: Cerro Largo’s is Melo, Flores’s Trinidad, Lavalleja’s Minas, Río Negro’s Fray Bentos and Soriano’s Mercedes. Where the two share a name, as in Salto and Rivera, both are still named.
Is there a worksheet version?: Yes — choose the numbered style: the departments are numbered and pupils write each name and capital, with the answers on page two.
Can I print it larger?: Yes: choose A3 for more room for the names. The lines are vector, so they stay sharp at any size.
Why is Montevideo named only once?: Montevideo is both a department and the national capital, in one city. The map names the department and rings its capital’s dot, rather than writing Montevideo twice; on the worksheet it is number 17, with Montevideo as the answer for both lines.
Is anything uploaded?: No. The map is made in your browser. On the free plan a small line with our name is printed at the foot of the sheet.