Burkina Faso

STATUS: Independent nation

FORMERLY: Upper Volta (pre-1983)

PRONOUNCED: burr KEE nah - fah SO

CAPITAL: Ouagadougou

WORLD LOCATION: Western Africa

FIRST LICENSE PLATES IN USE: 1983

MOTOR VEHICLES CURRENTLY REGISTERED:  Approx. 25,000

GRAPHICS USED:  Most Burkina Faso plates have a small pale yellow star somewhere on the plate, usually as a divider in the serial number. Current plates are black on reflective white, with a small BF underneath a stylized map of the country, containing the flag image - a red and green field, with a pale yellow star in the center.

PLATES ARE: Officially issued, but some homemade plates are known.

SINGLE PLATES OR PAIRS: Pairs

OVAL: BFA    ISO: BF

CARS DRIVE ON: Right

Header photo courtesy of Bart Bartholomeus.

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