Botswana

STATUS: Independent Nation

FORMERLY: Bechuanaland

PRONOUNCED: bot SWA nah

CAPITAL: Gaborone

WORLD LOCATION: Southern Africa

FIRST LICENSE PLATES IN USE: 1966

MOTOR VEHICLES CURRENTLY REGISTERED:  Approx. 60,000

PLATES ARE: Owner provided, but generally of a South African style. Passenger plates on black on white (front) and black on yellow (rear). The plates have a two letter prefix starting with a "B". The second letter indicates the town of issue.

Non-passenger types are as follows:

Public Service Vehicles - white on light blue

Government Vehicles - red on white (front), red on yellow (rear), with a BX prefix.

Military Forces - red on white (front), red on yellow (rear), with a BDF prefix.

Diplomatic - standard colored plates, but with a embassy code number, the letters CD (private), or CDA (embassy vehicle), and a serial number.

Dealers - red on white (front and rear), with a two letter town code, a serial numbers, and the letter G.

The President - simple "coat of arms" on a black plate.

SINGLE PLATES OR PAIRS: Pairs

OVAL: BWA   ISO: BW

CARS DRIVE ON: Left

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