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Cameroon license plates

Format, region codes and a plate generator for Cameroon.

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Custom text: real plates never carry this combination.

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How to read the plate

Country code
CAM is the international code of the country of registration.
Region code
Letters at the start of the number.
Series and number
Letters and digits — the registration itself.

A Cameroonian plate is orange with black characters. It begins with the two-letter region code (LT for Littoral, CE for Centre, OU for West and so on), followed by three or four digits and one or two series letters: LT 780 FQ. On the left are the CEMAC emblem and the letters CMR. The ten region codes match the ISO 3166-2 codes.

Region map

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Region codes

10 regions
Region Code
Adamawa Region
AD
Centre Region One-letter province code used until about 1985 (per an amateur reference). No longer issued.
CE C CS
Far North Region
EN
East Region One-letter province code used until about 1985 (per an amateur reference). No longer issued.
ES E
Littoral Region One-letter province code used until about 1985 (per an amateur reference). No longer issued.
LT L
North Region One-letter province code used until about 1985 (per an amateur reference). No longer issued.
NO N
Northwest Region
NW
West Region One-letter province code used until about 1985 (per an amateur reference). No longer issued.
OU O
South Region
SU
Southwest Region One-letter province code used until about 1985 (per an amateur reference). No longer issued.
SW W

History

Region codes at the start of the number have been used since about 1985, and the CEMAC design since 2005. Earlier a single letter at the start marked the province: C or CS for Centre-South, E for East, L for Littoral, N for North, O for West, W for South-West. These old codes are known only from an amateur reference.

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