World Number Plates

Number Plates of Cape Verde Islands

Continent: Africa

Capital: Praia

Population: 400,000

Country ISO code: CV

Country OVAL code: CV

Driving Side: Right

First license issued in 1928

Number of vehicles:
cars 13,027 (1988), trucks and buses 4,356 (1988)

Road information:
total: 1,350 km; paved: 932 km; unpaved: 418 km (2000)

An archipelago situated off the Western coast of Africa, Cape Verde is divided into two groups of islands. These consist of the Windward Islands in the north and the Leeward Islands to the south.

The format of car registrations in Cape Verde is LL DD LL with L being a letter and D is a digit. The number plates themselves are black with white lettering and have the national flag on the left hand side.