Suriname

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STATUS: Independnt nation, formerly a colony of the Netherlands, since 1975.

PRONOUNCED: Soor ih nahm

CAPITAL: Paramaribo

WORLD LOCATION: South America

LICENSED MOTOR VEHICLES: 54,000

FIRST LICENSE PLATES IN USE: 1954 (officially issued), some form of license plates in use since the 1930s.

PLATES ARE: Officially issued.

SINGLE PLATES OR PAIRS: Pairs

OVAL: SME

CARS DRIVE ON: Left

Header photo from the PL8S archive.

First issue, first plate - this is the first ever Suriname plate, officially issed by the government. Embossed steel, white on green, with a simple number 1, vertical date, and spelled out country name. From the PL8S archive.