How to Distinguish
- The domain is .sn
- Languages are French and Wolof
- Street names often include "RUE" like in France
- Right-hand traffic, like France
- French-style bollards and utility poles can be found
- License plates are often fully blue or have a blue left band
- Truck roofs often appear; their types can even identify the region(by Geotips )
- 2015 coverage often shows crack-like lines in the sky
Signs you can find
License plates are often fully blue or only the left side is blue . Blue plates are uncommon but can also appear in Botswana .
By BasilLeaf - Own work, CC0, Wikimedia Commons(Link)
There are utility poles and bollards in the same style as France. Street names may include “RUE”. Senegal was a French colony until independence in 1960 (参考文献 Scramble for Africa (JP)).
By Princesssenegal - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, Link
In savanna zones like Senegal, Botswana, and Madagascar, baobab trees can appear .
2015 coverage often shows crack-like artifacts. Some locations have no cracks and no car visible, so be careful.
Poles with the same shape as in France appear. Left is Senegal, right is France.
There are many types, but they look similar to France bollards.
Burn marks along the roadside are common; it seems peanuts are often roasted and eaten. It is unclear whether all burn marks are from peanuts (参考文献 Peanut shelling in Senegal (JP))
Narrow down state/region
- Climate differs between south and north: tropical in the south, dry in the north
- If the area code is 33-8XX, it is Dakar
- Truck roofs are often visible; their types can identify the region(by Geotips )
- In the far north, many utility poles are new and cables may be missing
Palm oil production seems concentrated in the south. The trees themselves also appear occasionally around places like Dakar.