Guinea-Bissau license plates

Format, region codes and a plate generator for Guinea-Bissau.

Could not load the generator. Please reload the page.

Custom text: real plates never carry this combination.

This image is not a license plate: it must not be fitted to a vehicle and does not mean the combination is available.

How to read the plate

Country code

RGB is the international code of the country of registration.

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:

A Guinea-Bissau plate has four digits and two Latin letters: 1133 CC. On the left are the national flag and RGB below it. According to the German Wikipedia the two letters have stood for the region since 1989, but no list of codes is given anywhere and on photos the letters look like an ordinary series — so the region cannot be read from a current plate.

Region codes

4 regions

Region	Code
Bissau Autonomous SectorProvince letter on old plates. Known only from a collectors' source; the dates of use have not been established.	CA
East ProvinceProvince letter on old plates. Known only from a collectors' source; the dates of use have not been established.	E
North ProvinceProvince letter on old plates. Known only from a collectors' source; the dates of use have not been established.	N
South ProvinceProvince letter on old plates. Known only from a collectors' source; the dates of use have not been established.	S

History

According to the German Wikipedia, the current format dates from 1989. Older plates ended in the letters of the province: CA for Bissau, E for East, N for North and S for South Province. These codes are known only from a collectors' source, and the dates of use have not been established.