Botswana license plates

Format, region codes and a plate generator for Botswana.

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Plate types

How to read the plate

No region code

You cannot tell the region from this country's plates.

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:

A Botswana plate is written as one run without spaces: B (Botswana), three digits and three letters (B962ATH), black on white in a black border. Series are assigned nationally by the registrar, and the plate shows no region. Government vehicles get BX plates and the army BDF.

Region codes

13 regions

Region	Code
FrancistownBechuanaland Protectorate code (BP + letter), also used after 1966. No longer issued.	BPA
SeroweBechuanaland Protectorate code (BP + letter), also used after 1966. No longer issued.	BPB
Tuli BlockBechuanaland Protectorate code (BP + letter), also used after 1966. No longer issued.	BPC
GaboroneBechuanaland Protectorate code (BP + letter), also used after 1966. No longer issued.	BPD
MolepololeBechuanaland Protectorate code (BP + letter), also used after 1966. No longer issued.	BPE
LobatseBechuanaland Protectorate code (BP + letter), also used after 1966. No longer issued.	BPF
KanyeBechuanaland Protectorate code (BP + letter), also used after 1966. No longer issued.	BPG
TshabongBechuanaland Protectorate code (BP + letter), also used after 1966. No longer issued.	BPH
GhanziBechuanaland Protectorate code (BP + letter), also used after 1966. No longer issued.	BPI
MaunBechuanaland Protectorate code (BP + letter), also used after 1966. No longer issued.	BPJ
KasaneBechuanaland Protectorate code (BP + letter), also used after 1966. No longer issued.	BPK
MochudiBechuanaland Protectorate code (BP + letter), also used after 1966. No longer issued.	BPL
Government vehiclesBechuanaland Protectorate code (BP + letter), also used after 1966. No longer issued.	BPX

History

The current plates have been issued since 2008, although the B123ABC format itself is older. In the Bechuanaland Protectorate the codes depended on the town (BPA for Francistown, BPD for Gaborone and so on, BPX for the government), and they remained in use for some time after independence in 1966.