Somalia license plates

Format, region codes and a plate generator for Somalia.

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Custom text: real plates never carry this combination.

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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 federal Somali plate has two lines: the letters SOM, the national arms and the country's name in Arabic (الصومال) on top, then two Latin letters and four digits below (AD 4657). There is no region code. Somaliland and Puntland issue their own plates bearing their names (SOMALILAND, PUNTLAND plus Arabic text) — these are separate systems, not region codes.

Region codes

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

History

When the current federal design was introduced is unknown. In the Italian colony (1913–1941) plates read SOMALIA, then SOM, and in 1937–1941 AOI plus SOM. Somaliland has issued its own plates since 1996/2005, Puntland since 1998.