World Number Plates

Number Plates of Central African Republic

Continent: Africa

Capital: Bangui

Population: 4 million

Country ISO code: CF

Country OVAL code: RCA
(Rpublique Centrafricaine)

Driving Side: Right

First license issued in 1961

Number of vehicles:
cars 10,782 (1989), trucks and buses 8,051 (1989)

Road information:
total: 23,810 km; paved: 643 km; unpaved: 23,167 km (1999 est.)

Located in Central Africa, the Central African Republic is a landlocked country surrounded by Chad, Sudan, Congo and Cameroon. Most of the country is a plateau between two river basins.

Number plates in the Central African Republic have been through various formats since the 1960s. The earliest car registrations were on a black plate with silver letters. This format lasted till the 1970s. The blue number plates were introduced in the 1980s and are still current. The follow the format of five digits followed by two letters. The two letters denote the area the vehicle was registered in. For vehicles that were not yet registered, red number plates were issued.