Lesotho license plates

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Country code

LS 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.

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 Lesotho plate has the district letter (sometimes two) and four digits in blue on white: C 5882, where C is Leribe. The letters match the ISO 3166-2 codes (A for Maseru … K for Thaba-Tseka). On the left is a mokorotlo hat between two validity years, with LESOTHO below. According to an amateur reference, the letters W, X, Y and Z go to government vehicles.

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Region codes

10 regions

Region	Code
Maseru DistrictCode of an earlier series: 1966–1979 (L + district letter) or Basutoland before 1966 (B + district letter). No longer issued.	A LA BA
Butha-Buthe DistrictCode of an earlier series: 1966–1979 (L + district letter) or Basutoland before 1966 (B + district letter). No longer issued.	B LB BB
Leribe DistrictCode of an earlier series: 1966–1979 (L + district letter) or Basutoland before 1966 (B + district letter). No longer issued.	C LC BC
Berea DistrictCode of an earlier series: 1966–1979 (L + district letter) or Basutoland before 1966 (B + district letter). No longer issued.	D LD BD
Mafeteng DistrictCode of an earlier series: 1966–1979 (L + district letter) or Basutoland before 1966 (B + district letter). No longer issued.	E LE BE
Mohale's Hoek DistrictCode of an earlier series: 1966–1979 (L + district letter) or Basutoland before 1966 (B + district letter). No longer issued.	F LF BF
Quthing DistrictCode of an earlier series: 1966–1979 (L + district letter) or Basutoland before 1966 (B + district letter). No longer issued.	G LG BG
Qacha's Nek DistrictCode of an earlier series: 1966–1979 (L + district letter) or Basutoland before 1966 (B + district letter). No longer issued.	H LH BH
Mokhotlong DistrictCode of an earlier series: 1966–1979 (L + district letter) or Basutoland before 1966 (B + district letter). No longer issued.	J LJ BJ
Thaba-Tseka District	K

History

The current system dates from 1979. From 1966 to 1979 the number began with L and the district letter (LA for Maseru … LJ for Mokhotlong) and was white on black; before 1966, in Basutoland, it began with B and the district letter (BA … BJ). Thaba-Tseka district (K) was created in 1980 and is absent from the old series.