License plate (Bolivia)
Vehicles registered in Bolivia are assigned a license plate number ( called placa there), which is usually white with blue letters and consists of four digits and three letters (A – Z, except O and Q). Older versions only consist of three digits and three letters. The country name is in Spanish on top of the license plate. A Bolivian flag is partially depicted on the upper left edge and a metal plaque or sticker with a letter that stands for the department in which the vehicle is registered on the upper right edge .
Motorcycles have an identically structured license plate, but with reduced dimensions. Older buses , trucks , rental cars and other non-private vehicles often have the number-letter combination of the license plate on both sides of the body.
Abbreviation
The departments are coded according to ISO 3166-2: BO :
code | Department |
---|---|
B. | Beni |
H | Chuquisaca |
C. | Cochabamba |
L. | La Paz |
O | Oruro |
N | Pando |
P | Potosí |
S. | Santa Cruz |
T | Tarija |
Cobija Free Trade Zone
Residents of the free trade zone (zona franca / Zofra) Cobija, which covers the area of the Municipio Cobija in the far north of the country, have the opportunity to get a license plate issued by this, which costs the vehicle owner about 30% less, but only within the free trade zone is valid. These show three letters and up to four numbers in black letters on a white background. In contrast to the national license plates, the lettering "Bolivia" is attached to the lower edge, and "Zofra Cobija" is at the top.
In Cobija about 95% of private vehicles have Zofra license plates, about 3% are normal Bolivian license plates and 2% of the vehicles drive without being registered.