Printable map of Spanish provinces

A Spanish teacher printing a map of the provinces usually wants one thing: a sheet pupils can write on. This page has two PDFs, the blank outline and a version with regions that draws 50 provinces and the autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla. Neither carries names, so the sheet is a task rather than an answer.

Sheets for the Spanish classroom

Start younger learners with the blank outline and three cities. Ask them to put a dot on Madrid, Barcelona and Seville and write each name beside its dot, then colour a province of their choice and say its name aloud.

For older pupils, use the version with regions and the list of provinces further down this page. Set a ten-minute round in which they write in as many names as they can, then swap and mark against the list. Spelling counts: A Coruña, Araba / Álava and Santa Cruz de Tenerife are good tests for a Spanish-language lesson.

A department can hand each group a handful of provinces to colour and label. Stick the sheets together on the wall and the class has made its own wall map.

Choosing the PDF

Pick With regions for labelling, quizzes and colouring by a rule, and Blank outline when the lesson is about the overall shape or the pupils will draw the lines themselves. If the key on this page needs to match the sheet, print at 100%; choose "fit to page" when the sheet should fill the paper. Pick A4 or Letter, and Black and white for photocopying.

To print provinces coloured to a rule you set, colour them with the bar on the map first. The editable map of the Spanish provinces adds names, a title and A3 paper.