Burundi

STATUS: Independent nation

FORMERLY: Belgian Mandate (pre-1962) as Ruanda-Burundi

PRONOUNCED: boo ROON dee

CAPITAL: Bujumbura

WORLD LOCATION: Central Africa

FIRST LICENSE PLATES IN USE: 1962

MOTOR VEHICLES CURRENTLY REGISTERED:  Approx. 25,000

PLATES ARE: Officially issued - Belgian style, red on white, with a green on white two digit prefix. New style plates have a two digit prefix number in red, two more letters in dark green, and a low serial in red (see header). It's unknown what the significance of the two digit prefix number is.

SINGLE PLATES OR PAIRS: Pairs

OVAL: BDI    

CARS DRIVE ON: Right

Header plate from the Roy Klotz collection.

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