A quick look at the 79 small villages you can be asked to find on the map, before you play.
GuessTheDot is a free geography guessing game: you get a place name and a map full of dots, then click the one you think is right.
The hardest tier: places small enough that even many locals would need a map. This is where the best players separate themselves from everyone else.
In Ecuador this set is spread across 22 different provinces, with Guayas home to the most of them (10).
Place kinds on GuessTheDot are a practical grouping by population and place type for gameplay, not a legal or historical designation. A place can hold official city rights (or an old city charter) and still show up here as a village if it stayed small, and the other way around: this is a rough size ladder for guessing, not a statement about a place's official status.
Sorted by population, biggest first.
| Place | Population | province |
|---|---|---|
| Guabo | 26,635 | El Oro |
| Cayambe | 26,582 | Pichincha |
| Arenillas | 26,000 | El Oro |
| Machachi | 25,742 | Pichincha |
| Puyo | 24,881 | Pastaza Province |
| Nueva Loja | 24,211 | Sucumbíos |
| Samborondón | 24,118 | Guayas |
| Macas | 23,687 | Morona-Santiago Province |
| Pedro Carbo | 23,372 | Guayas |
| Guaranda | 22,199 | Bolívar |
| Boca Suno | 20,313 | Orellana Province |
| San Lorenzo de Esmeraldas | 20,209 | Esmeraldas |
| Valencia | 18,841 | Los Ríos |
| Catamayo | 18,565 | Loja |
| Montecristi | 18,351 | Manabí |
| Atuntaqui | 17,456 | Imbabura |
| Calceta | 17,286 | Manabí |
| Tena | 17,172 | Napo |
| Gualaceo | 17,122 | Azuay |
| Piñas | 16,981 | El Oro |
| Cariamanga | 16,862 | Loja |
| Pelileo | 16,572 | Tungurahua Province |
| La Maná | 16,450 | Cotopaxi |
| Pujilí | 16,168 | Cotopaxi |
| Montalvo | 15,547 | Los Ríos |
| Sucre | 15,286 | Manabí |
| Zamora | 15,276 | Zamora Chinchipe |
| Tosagua | 14,680 | Manabí |
| San Gabriel | 14,487 | Carchi |
| Alausí | 14,294 | Chimborazo Province |
| Muisne | 13,393 | Esmeraldas |
| Macará | 13,035 | Loja |
| Santa Ana de Vuelta Larga | 12,833 | Manabí |
| San Juan | 12,819 | Los Ríos |
| Puerto Ayora | 12,696 | Galápagos |
| Guano | 12,659 | Chimborazo Province |
| Alfredo Baquerizo Moreno | 12,617 | Guayas |
| San Miguel de Bolívar | 12,575 | Bolívar |
| Santa Lucía | 12,523 | Guayas |
| Zaruma | 12,505 | El Oro |
| Balao | 12,205 | Guayas |
| Valdez | 11,441 | Esmeraldas |
| Catacocha | 10,872 | Loja |
| San Miguel | 10,838 | Cotopaxi |
| Rocafuerte | 10,274 | Manabí |
| Yantzaza | 9,970 | Zamora Chinchipe |
| Cañar | 9,900 | Canar |
| Catarama | 9,723 | Los Ríos |
| Portovelo | 9,708 | El Oro |
| Baños | 9,501 | Tungurahua Province |
| Colimes | 9,384 | Guayas |
| Palestina | 9,364 | Guayas |
| Paján | 9,183 | Manabí |
| Junín | 9,128 | Manabí |
| Palenque | 9,083 | Los Ríos |
| Baba | 8,790 | Los Ríos |
| Puerto Bolívar | 8,300 | El Oro |
| Cotacachi | 8,238 | Imbabura |
| Oyambarillo | 8,000 | Pichincha |
| Balsas | 7,875 | El Oro |
| Lomas de Sargentillo | 7,542 | Guayas |
| Píllaro | 7,462 | Tungurahua Province |
| Sucúa | 7,413 | Morona-Santiago Province |
| Pimampiro | 7,408 | Imbabura |
| Archidona | 7,309 | Napo |
| Coronel Marcelino Maridueña | 7,303 | Guayas |
| Puerto Baquerizo Moreno | 7,290 | Galápagos |
| Tres Postes | 7,000 | Guayas |
| Palora | 6,472 | Morona-Santiago Province |
| Pedernales | 5,983 | Manabí |
| Celica | 5,499 | Loja |
| Marcabelí | 5,450 | El Oro |
| Sangolquí | 5,114 | Pichincha |
| Gualaquiza | 4,611 | Morona-Santiago Province |
| Nulti | 4,589 | Azuay |
| Llacao | 4,501 | Azuay |
| El Ángel | 3,983 | Carchi |
| Saquisilí | 3,778 | Cotopaxi |
| Puerto Villamil | 2,200 | Galápagos |
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