How to Distinguish
- The domain is .mx.
- Language is Spanish.
- OXXO is a convenience store in Mexico.
- Many utility poles are octagonal.
- Major Mexican companies are often named ~MEX or ~MX (oil giant PEMEX, cement giant CEMEX, movie theater CINEMEX, etc.)
- You can find a blue antenna attached to the house that says VeTV.
Signs you can find
Many of the companies named MEX are major Mexican companies. And OXXO is a major convenience store in Mexico (but there are also many in Chile and other countries).
Octagonal poles are distinctive. stop is ALTO.
Many Mexican companies have MEX at the end of their names.
Narrow down state/region
- Remembering the names of the states will help you narrow down your search.（Wiki）
- State Highway signs may have the road number and the name of the state.
- The first number of the phone number identifies the approximate area (2~9), even numbers are for the upper area and odd numbers are for the lower area.
- Phone numbers for areas close to the US could be in the format 000-000-0000(by now_and_jenn )
- Coconut palm plantations exist along the coast of Guerrero
- Sometimes you can tell a town by the color of the license plate.
Coconut palm plantations exist along the coast of Guerrero（Data Source：FAS Home / IPAD Home / Country Summary Mexico(U.S. Department of Agriculture).）
Red license plates on the lower right are common around Nayarit.
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Jalisco's license plate is yellow on top and light blue on the bottom.
- There's a clue in the color of the cab.
- Cabs in Mexico City are pink.
- Sonora cabs are white with SONOLA written on the side.
- Cabs in Monterrey are yellow.
The area around this town is likely to be written in English because Americans come here by plane for sightseeing. The surrounding trees are distinctive.
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