The magnificent J.K. Rowling strikes again -- and in the most amazing way possible. With the release of the newest edition of Pottermore, Rowling has revealed what many "Harry Potter" fans have been curious about since the publish of "The Philosopher's Stone": information about wizarding schools outside of Europe.
It wasn't too long ago that Rowling teased fans with the knowledge that there were 11 wizarding schools across the world, though she never named them beyond those important to the series. Now, through her writing on Pottermore, fans know about four more schools, including the one settled in North America.
First, there's Castelobruxo (Cass-tell-o-broo-shoo), through which magical children from all over South America are taught. Students of this magnificent castle hidden deep in the Brazilian rain forests are well-versed in herbology and magizoology. To the unsuspecting muggle, Castelobruxo appears to be merely ruins. Rather unfortunate for those fans that would like to follow in the footsteps of Newt Scamander, author of "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them."
Africa may have a number of small wizarding schools (which have not yet been named -- we're waiting, JKR), but Uagadou (Wag-a-doo) is the largest and oldest among them. In fact, Uagadou is the largest wizarding school of all, welcoming students from all over Africa. This mountainside school, given the address Mountains of the Moon, teaches students to become experienced in the magic of astronomy, alchemy and self-transfiguation. To make this school even better, most students don't use wands and can, instead, perform magic only with their hands.
The palace of Mahoutokoro (Mah-hoot-o-koh-ro), which rests on the highest peak of what muggles think to be uninhabited Minami Iwo Jima. Unlike what we know of Hogwarts starting to teach students at 11, Mahoutokoro teachings begin at seven. Although wizards and witches from Mahoutokoro do not necessarily excel in wandless magic, the school's reputation lies within its academic prowess and it's impressive Quidditch reputation.
Unfortunately for many American "Harry Potter" fans, we're going to have to wait even longer to know more about our wizarding school, Ilvermorny (Ill-ver-morn-ee). One thing that we were promised, however, is that mention of Ilvermorny (and hopefully more information) will appear in Rowling's first screenplay, "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them," which will be released in November of this year.

























