Sudan
(passenger, Klotz collection)
(motorcycle, Drew Steitz collection)
STATUS: Independent nation
PRONOUNCED: soo DON
CAPITAL: Khartoum
WORLD LOCATION: Northeast Africa
FIRST LICENSE PLATES IN USE: 1930's?
MOTOR VEHICLES CURRENTLY REGISTERED: Approx. 175,000
PLATES ARE: Officially issued
SINGLE PLATES OR PAIRS: Pairs
OVAL: SUD ISO: SD
CARS DRIVE ON: Right, since 1973.
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Sudan Army issue - white on black hand painted on heavy steel - from the Drew Steitz collection. |
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Sudan Government vehicle sample plate - from the Drew Steitz collection. |
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Old series 1950's passenger plate, from Khartoum - cast numbers, attached to a flat steel plate. From the Roy Klotz collection. |
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Current Temporary series sample plate, from the Roy Klotz collection. |
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