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Bangladesh — how to identify

The fastest country-level clues for Bangladesh in GeoGuessr: language, road furniture, bollards, license plates, and more.

Bangladesh flag
Commercial license plates
Common
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Commercial license plates

Type: Commercial, taxis and buses

Shape: Short

Background: Green

Text: Black

Flag
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Flag

The flag of Bangladesh has a dark green background with a red circle in the center

Bengali script
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Bengali script

Name: Bengali

Script: Bengali-Assamese script (Eastern Nagari)

Description: Flowing, curved script with a horizontal top line (matra). Words are usually connected across the top, but the line may appear lighter or less rigid than in Devanagari

Unique symbols: ক (vs Assamese), ড, ঙ, র (vs Assamese)

Similar scripts & distinctions:

Nearly identical to Assamese script.

Main difference: Assamese uses and which Bengali doesn't. The overall appearance is almost the same, distinguished mainly by language vocabulary.

Driving direction
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Driving direction

Driving direction: Left side

Water and farmland beside the road
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Water and farmland beside the road

In low-lying, flood-prone Bangladesh, it’s very common to see ditches, ponds, rivers, and bright green farmland right beside the road

Private license plates
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Private license plates

Type: Private

Shape: Short

Background: White

Text: Black

Generation 4 black car
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Generation 4 black car

Camera: Generation 4

Car: Sedan/regular

Color: Black

Additional details (unique): Since 2022 year - pay attention to google copyright

Concrete round and square utility poles
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Concrete round and square utility poles

The first type is a square concrete pole. It has flat sides with small holes running vertically. These poles usually look more industrial and heavy, and the equipment and wires are often bolted directly onto the flat surfaces.

The second type is a round concrete pole. It has a smooth, cylindrical shape without the flat edges or holes of the square type. These poles look simpler and more uniform, and the insulators and wires are fixed around the rounded surface.

So, in short: square poles look blocky with holes, while round poles are smooth and cylindrical.

Signpost
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Signpost

Shape: Cylinder or rectangular. Long or short

Material: Concrete or metall

Color: Black-and-white or black-and-yellow stripes

Trees with white-painted trunks
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Trees with white-painted trunks

Many roads in Bangladesh are lined with tall trees, and the lower parts of their trunks are painted white, giving the roadside a neat striped look

Generation 4 white car
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Generation 4 white car

Camera: Generation 4

Car: Sedan/regular

Color: White

Additional details (unique): Since 2022 year - pay attention to google copyright

Orange-black or black-white or multicolor kerbs
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Orange-black or black-white or multicolor kerbs

In Bangladesh, roadside kerbs are very common and are often painted in orange and black, black and white, or even in multiple colors

Tin-roofed buildings
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Tin-roofed buildings

Due to the humid monsoon climate, houses and sheds across Bangladesh often have corrugated tin roofs

Mosques
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Mosques

Mosques are easy to recognize by the megaphones (!) mounted on buildings

Lamp Poles
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Lamp Poles

The first lamp post is a tall white-painted pole with two curved arms that rise upward in a V-shape, each holding a lamp. It usually has many overhead wires attached and looks more modern compared to older designs.

East roof tops
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East roof tops

In eastern Bangladesh, roofs often have a triangular shape. In Chittagong, this style is mixed with others.

They are most commonly seen in Sylhet

Bollard
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Bollard

Shape: Cube or rectangle cylinder (circle)

Color: White-and-red stripes. Partially painted are possible

Material: Concrete

Small plates for motorcycles
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Small plates for motorcycles

In Bangladesh, motorcycles usually have small, long license plates

Shitcam coverage
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Shitcam coverage

Camera type: Shitcam

Car: Black or white, and sometimes a big round blur covers it completely

Details: Shitcam is only in and around Dhaka city

Tiled roofs
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Tiled roofs

Tilted roofs are only found on the Indian border

Metal panel roofs in the west
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Metal panel roofs in the west

Bangladeshi roofs can help you region-guess the country.

Roofs made from large sheet metal panels are usually found in the west. Chittagong city has many of them.

Chittagong is the region near the border with Myanmar and India

Generation-3 Google cars
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Generation-3 Google cars

In Bangladesh, three Gen-3 Street View cars appear:

  • (1) a white car with red bars on the wing mirrors and
  • (2) a plain all-white car (also seen in other countries)

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