Mauritania

STATUS: Independent nation

FORMERLY: French West Africa (pre-1960)

PRONOUNCED: mar ih TAY nee uh

CAPITAL: Nouakchott

WORLD LOCATION: West Africa

FIRST LICENSE PLATES IN USE: 1960

MOTOR VEHICLES CURRENTLY REGISTERED:  Approx. 16,000

GRAPHICS USED:  Current issues have the letters RIM (Republique Islamic du Mauritania) in western and arabic scripts, and a small map of the country.

PLATES ARE: Officially issued.

SINGLE PLATES OR PAIRS: Pairs

OVAL: RIM  

CARS DRIVE ON: Right

Header plate from the collection of Roy Klotz (Pennsylvania)

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