Malawi license plates

Format, region codes and a plate generator for Malawi.

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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:

The Malawian plate is British in style: two letters and up to four digits in silver on black (BC 5049), with a small MALAWI mark above the gap. According to an amateur reference, the first letters sometimes show the area of registration: B… for Blantyre, CA for the Central Region, MZ or NA for the Northern Region, ZA for the Southern Region. There is no official confirmation of this.

Region map

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Region codes

4 regions

Region	Code
Blantyre	B
Central Region	CA
Northern Region	MZ NA
Southern Region	ZA

History

No reliable information on earlier Malawian numbering systems could be found; the current format is described only from photos and an amateur reference.