License plate (Cape Verde)

License plate from São Vicente

License plate from Santiago with Euro field

Armed Forces License Plate (FA)

Diplomatic license plate (CD)

First generation hallmarks

The license plates of Cape Verde are still strongly reminiscent of the old license plates of the former colonial power Portugal . Cape Verdean license plates have a black background with white writing. Some signs show a bar on the left, based on the Euro license plate , which represents the national flag .

Current license plates are divided into three pairs of characters according to the AB-12-CD pattern. The first two letters indicate the corresponding island. There are a total of eight approval districts.

BR - Brava
BV - Boa Vista
FG - Fogo
SA - Santo Antão
SL - Sal
SN - São Nicolau
ST - Santiago
SV - São Vicente

Vehicles used by the armed forces have license plates that begin with FA for port. Forças Armadas and show two two-digit numbers.

Diplomatic license plates show red letters on a white background. They start with the letters CD . This is followed by a two-digit number indicating the country of origin and a sequential number.

Government signs have a yellow background and, after the normal combination, show the letter G , for Governo . The President's vehicle has the combination PR CV (for Presidente da República de Cabo Verde ).

Older license plates are based on the pattern CV x-1234, where CV stands for Portuguese Cabo Verde . For x either the letters B or S appeared. They coded the two main island groups Barlavento and Sotavento .

The island / archipelago of the first registration of the vehicle in Cape Verde is decisive for the island identification.

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