Angola license plates

Format, region codes and a plate generator for Angola.

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How to read the plate

Region on old plates

Current plates show no region; only old ones did.

Series and number

Letters and digits — the registration itself.

County

The first characters are the code of the county where the car is registered: The county where the car is registered is shown separately on the plate:

The generator draws the previous series: white characters on black, the province code, two pairs of digits and two letters separated by dashes (LD-38-75-CL, where LD is Luanda). Only the code LD is confirmed by reliable sources. In the new series (since about 2024) every number begins with LDA, because numbers are assigned centrally in Luanda, so the province is no longer visible.

Region codes

5 regions

Region	Code
BenguelaCode from an earlier series. No longer issued: since 2024 every number begins with LDA.	ABA…ABC ALD
CabindaCode from an earlier series. No longer issued: since 2024 every number begins with LDA.	ACB
HuamboCode from an earlier series. No longer issued: since 2024 every number begins with LDA.	ANL
HuílaCode from an earlier series. No longer issued: since 2024 every number begins with LDA.	ASB
LuandaCode from an earlier series. No longer issued: since 2024 every number begins with LDA.	LD AAA…AAI

History

Under the colonial system of 1955–1996 the number read Axx-00-00: A for Angola and two letters for the registration zone (AA–AI Luanda, BA–BC Benguela, CB Cabinda, LD Lobito, NL Nova Lisboa, SB Sá da Bandeira). The 1996/2004–2024 series then began with a two-letter province code, and since about 2024 new chip plates have been issued.