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Number Plates of Botswana
Continent: Africa
Capital: Gaborone
Population: 1.6 million
Country ISO code: BW
Country OVAL code: RB
(Republic of Botswana)
Driving Side: Left
First license issued in 1966
Number of vehicles:
cars 17,000 (1989), trucks and buses 28,000 (1989)
Road information:
total: 10,217 km; paved: 5,619 km; unpaved: 4,598 km (1999)
Images of Number Plates from Botswana
Number plates in Botswana look relatively similar to British number plates at first glance. The first two plates in the above picture are from the 1966 series. As in the UK, number plates in Botswana are black on white at the front, and black on yellow at the rear. For registrations issued after 1984 in Gabarone ("BD"), a suffix letter is included. The bottom two number plates (B125 AFS) are in the same form as the old UK prefix system.
A little about Botswana
Botswana is a landlocked country located in South Africa. It is bound by the Republic of South Africa to the south and southeast, Namibia to the west, Zambia to the north and Zimbabwe to the northeast. The country is a sand filled undulating plateau with an average altitude of 1,000 metres (3,280 feet) while south of the plateau the terrain consists of hilly bush and grasslands. The Kalahari Desert which is a sandy tract covered with thorn bush and grass, lies to the west of the plateau and in the extreme northwest lie the Makarikari Salt Pans as well as the Okavango Swamps which are a great inland delta while forests and dense bush surround the swamps. Around 50% of the delta is perennially flooded and the rest is seasonally flooded. The principal river is the Okavango which flows into and forms the Okavango Swamps. Major Cities (pop. est.); Gaborone 134,000, Francistown 65,000, Selebi-Pikwe 40,000 (1991). Land Use; forested 47%, pastures 45%, agricultural-cultivated 1%, other 7% (1993)