How to Distinguish
- The domain is .ec
- language is Spain word
- The back of the sign is often flat with no unevenness.(by Geotips )
- For commercial vehicles such as taxis and buses, the entire license plate or the upper part of the license plate is orange color
- Two reflectors are wrapped around the bollard.Two reflectors are attached.
Signs you can find
Bollards come in many different types and are inconsistent.An unfamiliar shape with two reflective plates Maybe Ecuador?
the back of the signflat feel (by Geotips )A simple □ or ○ shaped steel pipe steel pipe with dents It is erected using
Columbiais a white pole with a cross on the back. PeruThere are many thick bars with black and white stripes. Boliviathick lumber is used.
Ecuador’s guardrailsIt’s doubleoften (by Geotips ).
Telephone poles with small partitions and holes are rarely seen in South America except in Ecuador. .
For commercial vehicles such as taxis and trucks, the entire plate number or the top part is orange color .By the way, if there is a green sticker on the taxi.Quito(by youtubeのコメント欄 citizen johnさん).
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There are various types of bollards, but the ones that are round and unlike anything I’ve ever seen may be from Ecuador.
There are various telephone poles
Narrow down state/region
- Oil palm plantations are only found in the north. (参考文献 USDA - International Production Assessment Division Reports)
- Many rice fields are located along the rivers that flow into Guayaquil. (参考文献 Costs to Ecuador's rice sector during the first decade of an apple snail invasion and policy recommendations for regions at risk)
- Banana production is high in Los Ríos, Guayas, and El Oro.
- You can tell the prefecture from the first letter of the license plate.
(参考文献 Ecuadorian license plate initials)
- For prefectures other than prefectures that start with S, remember the initial letter or somewhere after the second letter and you will be able to guess it to some extent.
- The exceptions are Galápagos (W), Orellana (Q), and Cañar (U), so I gave up on memorizing them because there were few towns ← This is how I remember them.
- Pichincha (P) numbers with Quito are everywhere, so be careful.
- SSanto Domingo de los Tsáchilas →J
- Santa Elena→Y
- Sucumbíos →K
- Morona Ssantiago →V
- galapagos islandsmay appear
There is an oil palm plantation in the red circle.Especially roads near the Colombian border. and E20 roads There are many trees. (参考文献 USDA - International Production Assessment Division Reports)
Rice fields are common in basins such as the Babayo River near Guayaquil. (参考文献 Costs to Ecuador's rice sector during the first decade of an apple snail invasion and policy recommendations for regions at risk).
Banana plantations can be found in areas with a lot of flat land. (参考文献 EcuadoriaN BananA RegionS).The percentage of Los Ríos (37.14%), Guayas (32.25%), and El Oro (24,12%).
The photo below has the initial “P”, so we can assume that it is Pichincha.
