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San Andrés, Providencia and Santa CatalinaHow to Distinguish
- The domain is .mx
- Language is Spanish
- OXXO is a major convenience store chain
- Many utility poles are octagonal
- Major companies often end with -MEX or -MX (PEMEX, CEMEX, CINEMEX)
- White-and-orange bollards are common
- You can spot a blue VeTV antenna on houses
- Stop signs often say ALTO (also seen in Guatemala, Panama, and Costa Rica)
Signs you can find
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Many major Mexican companies end with -MEX (PEMEX, CEMEX, CINEMEX). OXXO is a major Mexican convenience store, though it also appears in Chile.
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Octagonal utility poles are distinctive. Colombia can have similar poles, so double-check other clues.
ALTO stop signs appear in Mexico, Guatemala, Panama, and Costa Rica. Mexico also uses white/orange directional arrows in some regions.
By Cdw1952 at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Link
You can often spot a blue VeTV antenna attached to houses.
Many Mexican companies have MEX at the end of their names.
Mexican music for the road.
Narrow down state/region
- State names and highway shields help narrow the region
- The first digit of phone area codes hints at region: 2-9; even numbers trend north, odd numbers trend south
- Key area codes:
- Areas near the US sometimes show 000-000-0000 style numbers(by now_and_jenn )
Area code map for Mexico.
By XIC123 - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, Link
- Wind power is concentrated along the Isthmus of Tehuantepec (Oaxaca)
Wind farms cluster along Oaxaca’s coast(References Alonso-Serna, Lourdes, and Edgar Talledos-Sanchez. Fossilizing renewable energy: The case of wind power in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico. (2023).).
- Coconut palm plantations exist along the coast of Guerrero
- Sometimes you can tell a town by the color of the license plate.
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- 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.