"of tampering will lead to the vehicles being confiscated and possibly destroyed. Before 1994, South Africa had only 4 provinces: Natal Province, Cape Province, Orange Free State and Transvaal. Each province had its own identifying lettering: Natal - N, Cape - C, Orange Free State - O and Transvaal - T. White letters on a black background were used across the country, including the military. For example: CC 147 Each town had a unique registration prefix followed by a number that was allocated sequentially from 1 (the mayor's vehicle) onward to 999 999. For trade plates (used by car dealers"
"letters identifying the non-individual car (for example: A 001 AA) or of a single letter identifying the area and three digits and three letters identifying the individual car (for example: A 585 CUO) Special registration plates also exist. Cars registered to non-Kazakh individuals and organizations have registration plates with black letters on a yellow background. Diplomatic vehicles use registration plates with white letters on a red background. Vehicle registration plates of Kazakhstan The current format of Vehicle registration plates of Kazakhstan uses black letters on a white background with a Kazakh Flag and the country code KZ on the left."
"Vehicle registration plates of Zimbabwe Since 2006 vehicle registration plates of Zimbabwe are composed of three letters and four numbers (e.g. ABC 1234). The dimensions of Zimbabwean number plates are the same as British plates, but now use the FE-Schrift typeface, used for German vehicle registration plates. They were introduced before independence from Britain, when the country was known as Rhodesia and were not changed by the government following independence in 1980. For private vehicles, characters are in black on a yellow background, although white backgrounds were introduced in 2006. For commercial vehicles, characters are in red on a white"
"flag on the left edge and the letter Z, which stands for Zandarimaria gendarmerie or T carry the letter Z (Tafika = military), which is for traffic military. The execution of this indicator is always with white letters on a black background. Vehicles of diplomats and international organizations have green license plate with black or white text and the letters CD (Corps Diplomatique), CMD (Chef de Mission Diplomatique), CMC (Chef de Mission Consulaire) or PE (Pays étranger). The first three digits form a code for the country of origin of the diplomat (as 009 for France), the digits after the"
"Vehicle registration plates of Kazakhstan The current format of Vehicle registration plates of Kazakhstan uses black letters on a white background with a Kazakh Flag and the country code KZ on the left. The two digit area code is located on the square located on the right and the rest of the plate follows the format 111AAA. This format was introduced in 2011 and was implemented from August 2012. This format of Vehicle registration plates of Kazakhstan used black letters on a white background. Each registration plate consisted of a single letter identifying the area and three digits and two"
"International vehicle registration code The country in which a motor vehicle's vehicle registration plate was issued may be indicated by an international licence plate country code, formerly known as an International Registration Letter or International Circulation Mark. The sign must be displayed on the rear of the vehicle. The sign may either be placed separately from the registration plate, or be incorporated into the vehicle registration plate. The allocation of codes is maintained by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe as the ""Distinguishing Signs Used on Vehicles in International Traffic"" (sometimes abbreviated to DSIT), authorised by the UN's Geneva"
"two letter format numbered 1XA 0000, where X is the letter of region and A is a letter in alphabetical order (after 1AA 9999, 1AB 0000 follows). Since 2004 with the accession of the Czech Republic to the European Union, a blue European strip with the letters CZ and European stars were added. As of 1 January 2015, registration numbers are not changed if the owner of a vehicle moves to another region or if the vehicle is re-registered to a new owner residing in a different region. New numbers (with the corresponding code of the region of re-registration) are"
"registrations, have been issued to embassies and high commissions for use instead of a “D” or “X” registration on its vehicles. For example: United States’ embassy is allowed to use the registration USA 1; Zimbabwe's embassy ZIM 1; Jamaica's high commission JAM 1 and South Korea's embassy ROK 1 – 'Republic of Korea'. The North Korean embassy, however, had to buy a vanity plate: PRK 1D. Diplomats are exempt from payment of vehicle tax (motor car road fund licence duty). By default, a UK registration plate will accompany a vehicle throughout the vehicle's lifetime. There is no requirement to re-register"
"Vehicle registration plates of Azerbaijan Vehicle registration plates of Azerbaijan are usually composed of two numbers (identifying the vehicle registration department), a hyphen, two letters, a hyphen and three numbers (e.g. 10-JA-234), the plates are coloured black font on a white background. The plates are the same size as European plates and usually have an Azerbaijan flag and the initials 'AZ' on the left side. According to Olavsplates, new style plates with a rectangular flag and a microchip are being introduced, but pictures of such plates are missing and very hard to find on the web. Since January 2011 the"
"that is the letters Ö and Ü. Such a thing is rarely done in other European countries, but also appears on regular Montenegrin, Croatian and Serbian (letters Đ, Č, Ć, Š and Ž), Åland registration plates (letter Å), as well as on Swedish (letters Å, Ä and Ö) and Danish (letters Æ, Ø and Å) personal registration plates. In Germany there are no two codes where the only difference is that one letter O and Q, the only pair of codes with the letters I and J is IL for and JL for . BMW, owner of Mini, registers all"
"always have D as the rightmost letter. The other letters denote the country, either from left to right, or from right to left. For example, United States diplomatic plates have the USD letters, which in Arabic reads DSU from right to left. The diplomatic plates for Romania have the ZRD letters, which in Arabic reads DRM (M is translated as Z in Latin alphabet). The Saudi Police uses standard registration plates. Some letter combinations are banned, either for their Arabic or Latin translation. Among them are "" 'S' 'E' 'X' "", "" 'A' 'S' 'S' "", and others. The KSA"
"system is used for vehicles belonging to the diplomats of foreign countries with license plate from the host country. That system is host country-specific and varies largely from country to country. For example TR on a diplomatic car in the USA indicates Italian, not Turkish. Such markings in Norway are indicated with numbers only, again different from international standards (e.g. 90 means Slovakian. International vehicle registration code The country in which a motor vehicle's vehicle registration plate was issued may be indicated by an international licence plate country code, formerly known as an International Registration Letter or International Circulation Mark."
"red background with white lettering, and consist of up to three numbers, followed by CD or CMD and another number. Instead of the name of the state, they read CORPS DIPLOMATIQUE. Cars of the consular corps have instead the letters CC or CORPS CONSULAIRE. Vehicle registration plates of Nigeria Nigerian vehicle registration plates in current used were introduced in 1992 and revised in 2011. Nigeria and Liberia are the only two African countries that use the North American standard 6 × 12 inches (152 × 300 mm). The international code for Nigeria is ""WAN"" (West Africa Nigeria). The license plates"
"rather than ""Zuid-Afrika"" as in Dutch, South Africa adopted ""ZA"" as its international vehicle registration code in 1936, which later became the country's ISO country code, with .za becoming the country's internet domain. In the middle of words, Afrikaans merged Dutch and to a single sound and consequently to a single spelling, . Compare Dutch ""haven"" (port) with Afrikaans ""hawe"", both pronounced . Afrikaans merged Dutch fricatives and to a single sound , spelt , except when preceded by , in which case (pronounced ) is used where Dutch uses (pronounced , or ; hence ""school"" is ""school"" in Dutch"
"Africa 104 CD - Eritrea 105 UN - United Nations Office in Nairobi (UNON) 106 CD - Czech Republic 107 CD - The Aga Khan 108 UN - UNFPA 110 CD - Botswana (Consulate) 115 CD - Ukraine 116 CD - Sahrawi 117 CD - Djibouti 118 CD - Sierra Leone 121 CD - South Sudan 123 CD - United Arab Emirates Vehicle registration plates of Kenya The current series of vehicle registration plates in Kenya are on a white plate with black lettering and look quite similar to UK suffix style registrations. The format is LLL NNNL, where ‘L’"
"plates in Zanzibar were also used on personal vehicles. The 1980s numbering system in Zanzibar was similar to that in the rest of Tanzania, except the preceding 'T' was replaced with a 'Z'. Currently Zanzibar plates use the same numbering scheme as the rest of Tanzania, but the plates start with a ""Z"" (denoting Zanzibar). The letter is followed by three numbers and a combination of two letters. The series started with Z 101 AA and the number continues to increase until it reaches 999. After reaching this number then the next letter series starts (AA followed by AB, etc.)."
"previously issued strictly according to the operator's location within New Zealand, that is no longer the case. New Zealand is assigned DXCC entity #170. Primary callsign suffixes can be from to four letters in the A–Y, AA–YZ, AAA–YZZ and AAAA–YZZZ blocks. Temporary special event callsigns may have five or six letter suffixes. The ZM prefix can be substituted for ZL for contests and commemorative events, at the discretion of the licensee. ZL licence holders may apply for up to one secondary single-letter callsign, such as ZL1W. A ""stand-down"" period of six months applies in regard to the reallocation of temporary"
"Comparison of traffic signs in English-speaking countries This is a comparison of road signs in countries that speak majorly English, including major ones where it is an official language and widely understood (and as a lingua franca). Botswana, Eswatini (Swaziland), Lesotho, Malawi, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe are all SADC members who drive on the left and use the SADC Road Traffic Signs Manual, and thus have identical road signs. Mandatory signs indicating an obligation to turn left do exist, but are not included in the list below since they are functionally mirror versions of signs indicating an obligation"
"until 1962. On 1 January 1937, the second national car registration system came into force. This consisted of the sequence AA-10-00 to ZZ-99-99. The sequencing by zones was maintained, with the letters AA to LZ reserved for the South (Lisbon), MA to TZ for the North (Oporto) and UA to ZZ for the Center (Coimbra). Again, the plates were white letters on a black background. Vehicles registered under the previous system had to change to the new one. In Lisbon the vehicles of series S-000 and S-1000 changed to series AA-00-00, those of S-10000 to AB-00-00, those of S-20000 to"
"Australia – The Rose State; and South Australia – The Electronics State. All slogan plates are discontinued, as at October 2008. It is also possible to obtain a wide variety of personalised registration plates that feature full-colour illustrations and customised logos or slogans. ABC-123 - AAA-QZZ (All except AMB), RAQ, RBQ up to SZQ, RQA-RQZ, SQA-SQZ, TAQ, TBQ up to XTQ (All except VPQ and WSQ), XUO-XZZ, YAQ, YBQ up to YHQ, YIM-YXZ (All except YKA-000 to YKA-799), YYQ, YZQ, ZAA-ZZZ. S-123-ABC - AAQ, ABQ up to BXQ. ARA - ARZ, BQA - BQZ, TAQ, TBQ up to TGQ. Vehicle"
"design. License plates for vehicles belonging to foreign countries or international organizations adopt a different convention. They contain black letters on a white background. The plates have the letter CD followed by two or three digits denoting the country or organization, followed by up to three digits of the serial number. For example, a car with number CD 66 88 is owned by Vietnam. Generally, the number 01 is reserved for the ambassador's official vehicle. The numbers are ordered based on when they recognized Indonesia as a country. The United States was originally assigned CD 13; due to the stigma"
"was eventually beset with corruption). Yellow plates are issued to motorcycles and large vehicles, such as coaches and buses. Black plates are issued to vehicles belong to diplomatic missions and foreigners (including Hong Kong and Macau). Vehicles registered in Hong Kong or Macau and permitted to enter China would be required to have a separate black plate from China as Hong Kong and Macau operate their own vehicles registration system. The Chinese plates for these cars followed the pattern of the provincial character for Guangdong (粤), the Latin letter ""Z"", 4 letters and/or numbers, ending in the abbreviated character for"
"The permutation and combination is expected to continue to Z 999 ZZ. White and Yellow plates are used on Private Cars and White on Maroon is used for Commercial vehicles. Vehicle registration plates of Tanzania Number plates of Tanzania date back to at least 1933 in Tanganyika and to the 1950s in Zanzibar. They are the same size as their British counterparts and used the same font until the late 1980s. Mainland Tanzania and Zanzibar use slightly different formats. In 1933, Tanganyika used white-on-black plates. Letters denoted the city (DS for Dar es Salaam) and was followed by four numbers."
"and coloured white on a red background, as previously, following a ZA - ## - AAA pattern. The first character is either a X for vehicles intended for export within 30 days, or W for temporarily registered vehicles. The two middle digits are the last two of a calendar year (for example, ""16"". for 2016). A three-letter indication of the month when the plate becomes effective appears below the second separator. Plates are issued in pairs for all vehicles (one front, one rear), except for motorcylcles, mopeds and trailers. Prior to 2016, these plates only bore numbers (no letters). In"
"The prefix characters are translated via code-matching into two alphanumeric Roman characters. The country name THAILAND is displayed in capital letters below the registration number, and the numerical provincial code is shown in the bottom right. The plates are black on white. They are required for transport into Burma, Cambodia, southern China, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, and Singapore. However, they are not legal inside Thailand, and must be removed upon re-entering the country. The current international vehicle registration code for Thailand, adopted 1954, is ""T"". The DLT's authority does not cover vehicles used by the king, the Royal Thai Police, the"
"with the prefix ""Z"", followed by two letters and three digits. Government vehicles (those belonging to the government and the council) are 3 letters and 3 or 4 numbers long, always beginning with ""RHA"". Police and Fire Brigade plates follows the format of Government license plates with inversed color. The armed forces' vehicles are numerical, on a small numberplate, such as 8012352. Diplomatic vehicles are in the same format as civilian vehicles, only on a green plate and addition of CD before the letters. Consulates follow the same format but uses CC instead of CD. Visitor plates are similar with"
"to showcase the cities as business and tourist destinations. ZA Central Registry The ZA Central Registry (ZACR), formerly known as UniForum SA, is a non-profit organisation established in 1988 and operates various second-level domains (SLD's) in South Africa. The ZA Central Registry is the administrator of the South African zones such as “co.za” and “web.za”. Their offices are based in Midrand, South Africa. The ZACR, in partnership with the Africa Union Commission (AUC), is the applicant for the dotAfrica domain in ICANN's new Top-level domain program. The ZACR has also partnered with the ZA Domain Name Authority (ZADNA), the South"
"which Greek border guards cover the letters ""MK"" on Macedonian vehicle plates with a sticker, in Greek and English, reading: “Recognized by Greece as FYROM”. Vehicle registration plates of the Republic of Macedonia Macedonian registration plates of vehicle consist of a two-letter region code, followed by a 4-digit numeric (before 2012 was 3-digits) and a 2-letter alpha code (e.g. SK 2345 MG). There is a blue field on the left side with the international country code for Macedonia - MK. License numeric code contains combination of four digits (0-9), while two letter alpha code is made of combination of letters"
"of the member state in which the vehicle was registered. Lettering on the plate must be black on a white or yellow reflective background. According to the Vienna Convention on Road Traffic, vehicles in cross-border traffic are obliged to display a distinguishing sign of the country of registration on the rear of the vehicle. This sign may either be placed separately from the registration plate or may be incorporated into the vehicle registration plate. With registration plates in the common EU format, vehicles registered in the EU are no longer required to carry an international code plate or sticker for"
"Cyrillic letters indicating where the vehicle was first registered. 1994 saw the introduction of the current format, which is intended to comply more closely with international norms. Major changes include the switch from Cyrillic letters to Latin, and the presence of the Turkmen flag with the two-letter country code TM on the left of the plate. Unusually, the alphanumerics are rendered in a mix of DIN 1451 and the unnamed font formerly used on French registration plates. The current format is: XX 99 99 XX while the last two letters is based on geographic location. Diplomatic plates are blue with"
"right in very small characters. The plates have either one or two rows of characters. Single row plates are in the format ABC 123 followed by the Mozambique crest and then two more letters that represent the province where the car is registered. Two row plates are in the format ABC at the top left followed by the Mozambique crest offset at the top right on the first row, and then 123 and then the two letter province code on the second row. Owners of vehicles registered in other countries must register their vehicle in Mozambique within 30 days. Since"
"(which in turn adopted a reversed version of the former French license plate system), in Azeri plates the first two digits of the license plate represent the department, followed by a progressive 2-letter and 3-number system (progression starting with AA-001 and ending with ZZ-999). Below is a table of digits and relevant departments (italic means this department is controlled (or mostly-controlled) by Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, bold means this department is a part of Naxçıvan AR): Vehicle registration plates of Azerbaijan Vehicle registration plates of Azerbaijan are usually composed of two numbers (identifying the vehicle registration department), a hyphen, two letters, a"
"to turn right. Comparison of traffic signs in English-speaking countries This is a comparison of road signs in countries that speak majorly English, including major ones where it is an official language and widely understood (and as a lingua franca). Botswana, Eswatini (Swaziland), Lesotho, Malawi, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe are all SADC members who drive on the left and use the SADC Road Traffic Signs Manual, and thus have identical road signs. Mandatory signs indicating an obligation to turn left do exist, but are not included in the list below since they are functionally mirror versions of signs"