156:
132:
108:
22:
84:
46:. The three letters will never include the letter Q so as to avoid confusion with the letter O. The front number plates have black lettering on a white reflective background. The rear number plates have black lettering on a yellow reflective background. Public passenger number plates have white lettering on blue background at both the front and rear.
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Government vehicles all have the prefix BX, except defence force vehicles which have the prefix BDF. The front BX number plates have red lettering on a white reflective background. The rear BX number plates have white lettering on a red reflective background. The BDF number plates have white letters
588:
358:
503:
343:
363:
53:
Diplomatic vehicles’ number plates starts with two digits, two letters (CD, CC or CT) and a further three digits. These digits are allocated by the
Minister of Foreign Affairs.
614:
378:
687:
661:
657:
653:
528:
323:
533:
423:
353:
697:
644:
593:
513:
478:
463:
448:
403:
338:
468:
568:
543:
393:
388:
368:
333:
640:
631:
622:
553:
523:
508:
493:
483:
473:
438:
433:
383:
328:
303:
282:
563:
558:
498:
453:
413:
308:
618:
538:
488:
443:
428:
408:
398:
373:
313:
548:
458:
348:
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on a green non-reflective background for the front plate and black letters on a green non-reflective background for the rear plate.
418:
518:
692:
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begin with the letter B, followed by three digits, followed by three letters. The digits and letters are assigned by a
30:
275:
268:
253:
2. Holcroft’s South
African Calendar 1975, published by Vergne, Pretoria (for earlier codes).
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260:
131:
681:
39:
43:
107:
21:
184:
These codes dating back to the
Protectorate continued in use after independence:
83:
34:
264:
602:
577:
296:
180:Republic of Botswana and Bechuanaland Protectorate
276:
8:
246:Road Transport (Permits) Act, CHAPTER 69:03
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269:
261:
55:
20:
239:
688:Vehicle registration plates by country
291:Vehicle registration plates of Africa
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149:Public service vehicle rear plate
14:
698:Botswana transport-related lists
589:Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
359:Democratic Republic of the Congo
154:
130:
106:
82:
16:Botswana vehicle license plates
173:Government vehicle rear plate
1:
31:Vehicle registration plates
714:
101:Passenger car front plate
25:Number plate from Botswana
229:BPX – Government vehicles
125:Passenger car rear plate
344:Central African Republic
26:
693:Transport in Botswana
504:SĂŁo TomĂ© and PrĂncipe
364:Republic of the Congo
24:
579:States with limited
27:
675:
674:
606:other territories
379:Equatorial Guinea
188:BPA – Francistown
177:
176:
705:
667:
666:(United Kingdom)
662:Tristan da Cunha
658:Ascension Island
650:
637:
628:
604:Dependencies and
297:Sovereign states
285:
278:
271:
262:
247:
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200:BPE – Molepolole
194:BPC – Tuli Block
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134:
115:Black on Yellow
110:
86:
56:
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582:
580:
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292:
289:
259:
251:
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245:
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236:
182:
91:Black on White
74:Serials issued
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12:
11:
5:
711:
709:
701:
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695:
690:
680:
679:
673:
672:
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629:
615:Canary Islands
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257:External links
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209:BPH – Tshabong
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197:BPD – Gaborone
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139:White on Blue
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127:
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121:
118:
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103:
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71:Serial format
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66:
63:
60:
40:motor vehicles
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
710:
699:
696:
694:
691:
689:
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685:
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663:
659:
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633:
630:
624:
620:
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612:
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455:
452:
450:
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445:
442:
440:
437:
435:
432:
430:
427:
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422:
420:
419:Guinea-Bissau
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415:
412:
410:
407:
405:
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400:
397:
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390:
387:
385:
382:
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221:BPL – Mochudi
220:
217:
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205:
203:BPF – Lobatse
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199:
196:
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190:
187:
186:
185:
179:
172:
170:
167:
165:
163:White on Red
162:
160:
157:
153:
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148:
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143:
141:
138:
136:
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62:First issued
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37:
36:
32:
23:
19:
654:Saint Helena
625:
529:South Africa
519:Sierra Leone
324:Burkina Faso
318:
252:
242:
225:Government:
224:
218:BPK – Kasane
212:BPI – Ghanzi
191:BPB – Serowe
183:
52:
48:
29:
28:
18:
581:recognition
534:South Sudan
424:Ivory Coast
206:BPG – Kanye
38:for normal
682:Categories
636:(Portugal)
594:Somaliland
514:Seychelles
479:Mozambique
464:Mauritania
449:Madagascar
404:The Gambia
339:Cape Verde
234:References
215:BPJ – Maun
469:Mauritius
168:AB123456
44:registrar
660: /
656: /
649:(France)
643: /
621: /
617: /
569:Zimbabwe
544:Tanzania
394:Ethiopia
389:Eswatini
369:Djibouti
334:Cameroon
319:Botswana
144:A123BCD
120:A123BCD
96:A123BCD
35:Botswana
645:RĂ©union
641:Mayotte
632:Madeira
627:(Spain)
623:Melilla
554:Tunisia
524:Somalia
509:Senegal
494:Nigeria
484:Namibia
474:Morocco
439:Liberia
434:Lesotho
384:Eritrea
354:Comoros
329:Burundi
304:Algeria
68:Slogan
65:Design
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647:
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564:Zambia
559:Uganda
499:Rwanda
454:Malawi
414:Guinea
309:Angola
77:Notes
59:Image
619:Ceuta
539:Sudan
489:Niger
444:Libya
429:Kenya
409:Ghana
399:Gabon
374:Egypt
314:Benin
549:Togo
459:Mali
349:Chad
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