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Rwanda license plates

Format, region codes and a plate generator for Rwanda.

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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

No region code
You cannot tell the region from this country's plates.
Series and number
Letters and digits — the registration itself.

A Rwandan private plate has black characters on white: R, two more letters, three digits and a letter (RAB 272H). It is a national series of the revenue authority RRA, and the plate shows no region.

Region codes

10 regions
Region Code
Kigali Prefecture First letter of old plates marking the prefecture (amateur reference only). Prefectures were abolished in 2006.
A
Gitarama Prefecture First letter of old plates marking the prefecture (amateur reference only). Prefectures were abolished in 2006.
B
Butare Prefecture First letter of old plates marking the prefecture (amateur reference only). Prefectures were abolished in 2006.
C
Gikongoro Prefecture First letter of old plates marking the prefecture (amateur reference only). Prefectures were abolished in 2006.
D
Cyangugu Prefecture First letter of old plates marking the prefecture (amateur reference only). Prefectures were abolished in 2006.
E
Kibuye Prefecture First letter of old plates marking the prefecture (amateur reference only). Prefectures were abolished in 2006.
F
Gisenyi Prefecture First letter of old plates marking the prefecture (amateur reference only). Prefectures were abolished in 2006.
G
Ruhengeri Prefecture First letter of old plates marking the prefecture (amateur reference only). Prefectures were abolished in 2006.
H
Byumba Prefecture First letter of old plates marking the prefecture (amateur reference only). Prefectures were abolished in 2006.
I
Kibungo Prefecture First letter of old plates marking the prefecture (amateur reference only). Prefectures were abolished in 2006.
J

History

The RAA… series has been issued since the 2000s; the sources give no exact date. According to an amateur reference, the first letter of the number used to show the prefecture (A for Kigali … J for Kibungo); prefectures were abolished in 2006.

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