A quick look at the 62 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 Uruguay this set is spread across 18 different departments, with Canelones home to the most of them (16).
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 | department |
|---|---|---|
| Bella Unión | 12,200 | Artigas |
| Libertad | 10,166 | San José Department |
| Rosario | 10,085 | Colonia |
| Nueva Helvecia | 10,054 | Colonia |
| Nueva Palmira | 9,857 | Colonia |
| Chui | 9,675 | Rocha Department |
| Punta del Este | 9,277 | Maldonado |
| Colonia Nicolich | 8,902 | Canelones |
| Salinas | 8,626 | Canelones |
| Piriápolis | 7,968 | Maldonado |
| Castillos | 7,541 | Rocha Department |
| Tranqueras | 7,235 | Rivera Department |
| Sarandí del Yi | 7,176 | Durazno Department |
| San Ramón | 7,133 | Canelones |
| Lascano | 6,976 | Rocha Department |
| Tarariras | 6,632 | Colonia |
| Pan de Azúcar | 6,597 | Maldonado |
| Joaquín Suárez | 6,570 | Canelones |
| Sarandí Grande | 6,130 | Florida |
| Sauce | 5,910 | Canelones |
| Atlántida | 5,562 | Canelones |
| Barra de Carrasco | 5,410 | Canelones |
| José Pedro Varela | 5,118 | Lavalleja |
| Guichón | 5,051 | Paysandú Department |
| Tala | 4,949 | Canelones |
| Cardona | 4,600 | Soriano |
| Toledo | 4,397 | Canelones |
| Empalme Olmos | 4,199 | Canelones |
| San Jacinto | 3,954 | Canelones |
| Vergara | 3,810 | Treinta y Tres Department |
| Minas de Corrales | 3,788 | Rivera Department |
| Santa Rosa | 3,727 | Canelones |
| Florencio Sánchez | 3,716 | Colonia |
| Vichadero | 3,698 | Rivera Department |
| Marindia | 3,543 | Canelones |
| La Paloma | 3,495 | Rocha Department |
| San Gregorio de Polanco | 3,415 | Tacuarembó Department |
| Ombúes de Lavalle | 3,390 | Colonia |
| Colonia Valdense | 3,235 | Colonia |
| Fraile Muerto | 3,168 | Cerro Largo |
| Las Toscas | 3,146 | Canelones |
| Tomás Gomensoro | 2,872 | Artigas |
| Quebracho | 2,853 | Paysandú Department |
| Villa Constitución | 2,846 | Salto Department |
| Solís de Mataojo | 2,825 | Lavalleja |
| Villa del Carmen | 2,703 | Durazno Department |
| Santa Teresa | 2,657 | Colonia |
| Rodríguez | 2,604 | San José Department |
| Ecilda Paullier | 2,585 | San José Department |
| Baltasar Brum | 2,531 | Artigas |
| Los Cerrillos | 2,508 | Canelones |
| Aiguá | 2,465 | Maldonado |
| Nuevo Berlín | 2,450 | Río Negro Department |
| Casupá | 2,402 | Florida |
| Santa Clara de Olimar | 2,341 | Treinta y Tres Department |
| Isidoro Noblía | 2,331 | Cerro Largo |
| José Batlle y Ordóñez | 2,203 | Lavalleja |
| Palmitas | 2,123 | Soriano |
| José Enrique Rodó | 2,120 | Soriano |
| Migues | 2,109 | Canelones |
| Belén | 2,033 | Salto Department |
| Pajas Blancas | 2,000 | Montevideo Department |
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