LICENSE PLATES ON LINE! .... Djibouti

Djibouti

STATUS: Independent nation

FORMERLY: Territory of the Affars and Issas (1967-77), French Somaliland (pre 1967)

PRONOUNCED: jih BOOT ee

CAPITAL: Djibouti

WORLD LOCATION: East Africa

FIRST LICENSE PLATES IN USE: 1978

MOTOR VEHICLES CURRENTLY REGISTERED: Approx. 15,000

PLATES ARE: Owner provided

Non-passenger types are as follows:

A prefix - Presidential office, mayoral, and National Assembly

B prefix - Administration, Police, Municipal vehicles

C prefix - Autonomous Government, Airports, ports, railway vehicles.

D prefix - Private cars, trucks and motorcycles.

Taxis have standard D series plates, with a "TAXI" sticker attached to the plate.

Diplomatic vehicles have silver on green plates, with an Embassy code number, CC, CD or CMD, and a serial number.

Honorary Conuslate Members have standard D series plates, with the CC prefix.

Temporarily imported vehicles have red plates with silver characters, simple serial followed by TT.

V.I.P. vehicles have low numbered white on black plates, with the word PROTOCOLE, both in Arabic and English.

Car Dealers and Garages use silver on black plates with a number followed by WW.

SINGLE PLATES OR PAIRS: Pairs

OVAL: DJI ISO: DJ

CARS DRIVE ON: Right

Header photo plate from the J.J. Potylo-Glanzmann collection (Switzerland)