Sao Tome and Principe license plates

Format, region codes and a plate generator for Sao Tome and Principe.

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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.

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 São Tomé and Príncipe plate has white characters on black inside a thin white border: the letters STP and two pairs of digits separated by square dots, with a series letter at the end since 2001 (STP·87·63S). Neither the island nor the district is shown.

Region codes

Plates in this country do not show the region — you cannot tell it from the plate.

History

The current series has been issued since 1998, with the final letter added in 2001. Before that the Portuguese colonial scheme (S.. / STP-00-00) was used; no details about it could be gathered.