Côte d'Ivoire
STATUS: Independent nation, formerly known as the Ivory Coast (up until 1986), previously a territory of France (up until 1960).
PRONOUNCED: cote dih ihVWAH
CAPITAL: Abidjan
WORLD LOCATION: Western Africa
FIRST LICENSE PLATES IN USE: 1986
MOTOR VEHICLES CURRENTLY REGISTERED: 260,000
GRAPHICS USED: Current issue has an orange seal on one end of the plate, with a map of the country in a circle, above the letters CI. The rest of the current plate is reflective blue, and has a "info strip" across the bottom, with a small picture of a car, the car's serial number, and a bar code strip. There is also another serial number stamped into the edge of the plate. These security measures make Côte d'Ivoire plates very difficult for collectors to turn up.
PLATES ARE: Officially issued.
SINGLE PLATES OR PAIRS: Pairs
OVAL: CI ISO: CI
CARS DRIVE ON: Right
Non-passenger types are as follows:
Dealer plates are white on blue or black, with the
letter W for garage use, or WW for vehicles on delivery. Serial is
##W(W)CI01
Temporary Exports are similar to the Dealer issues,
but have a two digit year suffix code added to the number (##W(W)CI0198)
Temporary issues are white on green - ###IT01 -
the last two numbers being the district code
Official Government Vehicle plates are yellow with
blue numbers - D followed by a Ministry/Company code number, then three serial
numbers.
Diplomatic - black on orange - three digit embassy
code, CD, then 2-3 serial numbers.
Non-Diplomatic Embassy Staff - white on reflective
green three digit embassy code, IT, then 2-3 serial numbers.
Consular Corps - black on orange - three digit embassy
code, CC, then 2-3 serial numbers.
Diplomatic Mission - black on orange - three digit
embassy code, MD, then 2-3 serial numbers.
Ambassador - black on orange - three digit embassy
code, CMD, then 1-2 serial numbers.
Army - white on black, one to five serial numbers
preceded my the national flag.
Police - white on black, same as the Army issue,
but with the additional symbol of a sword.
Air Force - white on black, same as the Army issue,
but with the addition of a set of wings.
The President of Côte d'Ivoire has a white
on blue plate, with just the letters PR (for President of the Republic).
Agricultural vehicles have five numerals, followed
by a district code, in black on yellow.
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Coté d'Ivoire passenger plate, rear plate - two line plates have the serial number stamped on the right edge. from the Drew Steitz collection. |
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