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Belize license plates

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Belize license plates — C1942 BMP

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Plate types

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Region code
Letters at the start of the number.
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:

Belizean plates are issued by the districts: BELIZE C.A. at the top, the district or town abbreviation stacked vertically on the left, then a class letter and the number (C1942). The district codes match ISO: BZ Belize, CY Cayo, CZL Corozal, OW Orange Walk, SC Stann Creek, TOL Toledo. Larger towns have their own codes: BMP Belmopan, BC Belize City, SP San Pedro, DGA Dangriga, PG Punta Gorda.

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Region codes

6 regions

History

Until 1973 the country was called British Honduras. Plates with district codes are known from the 1970s–80s; their design varies noticeably from district to district.

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Regular

$1.80 /L

BZD3.64 · €1.61/L

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pricier than 70% of countries

Premium petrol

$1.90 /L

BZD3.85 · €1.70/L

64 of 103

pricier than 61% of countries

Diesel

$2.04 /L

BZD4.13 · €1.83/L

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pricier than 72% of countries

Kerosene

$1.71 /L

BZD3.47 · €1.53/L

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pricier than 76% of countries

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San Ignacio +84°·20 km/h
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Belmopan +85°·13 km/h
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Orange Walk +86°·17 km/h
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Belize City +84°·21 km/h
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San Pedro +82°·26 km/h
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