Namibia license plates

Format, region codes and a plate generator for Namibia.

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How to read the plate

Region code

In a separate field of the plate.

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 standard Namibian plate has black characters on yellow: N (Namibia), one to six digits (six with a dash) and at the end the one- or two-letter code of the registering authority, i.e. the town: N 123-456 W is Windhoek, S Swakopmund, WB Walvis Bay. Personalised plates (since 2007) have light blue characters on white, the owner's text, the flag and NA, with no town code.

Region map

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Region codes

43 regions

Region	Code
Arandis	A
Aranos	AR
Bethanie	B
Bukalo	BK
Divundu	DV
Eenhana	EN
Grootfontein	G
Gobabis	GO
Henties Bay	HB
Helao Nafidi	HN
Keetmanshoop	K
Karasburg	KA
Khorixas	KH
Katima Mulilo	KM
Okongo	KO
Karibib	KR
Lüderitz	L
Mariental	M
Maltahöhe	MA
Omuthiya	MT
Ondangwa	ND
Nkurenkuru	NK
Okahao	OA
Okahandja	OH
Outjo	OJ
Okakarara	OK
Omaruru	OM
Otjinene	ON
Opuwo	OP
Oranjemund	OR
Otjiwarongo	OT
Otavi	OV
Rehoboth	R
Ruacana	RC
Rundu	RU
Swakopmund	S
Oshakati	SH
Tsumeb	T
Tsumkwe	TK
Usakos	U
Outapi	UP
Windhoek	W
Walvis Bay	WB

History

The current system with town codes dates from the 1990s (NaTIS); new codes are added as offices open — in 2016, 2019, 2022 and 2023. Before independence, in the South West Africa era, plates followed the South African pattern with an SWA / T.. prefix; no detailed data on them is available.