World Number Plates

Number Plates of Egypt

Continent: Africa

Capital: Cairo

Population: 77.5 million

Country ISO code: EG

Country OVAL code: ET

Driving Side: Right

First license issued in 1920s

Number of vehicles:
cars 826,915 (1989), trucks and buses 550,649 (1989)

Road information:
total: 64,000 km; paved: 49,984 km; unpaved: 14,016 km (1999 est.)

Located in the north-eastern part of Africa, Egypt is surrounded by Libya, Sudan and Israel. The Nile River that runs through Egypt is the longest river in Africa.

Number plates in Egypt have the characters written in Arabic. Also the number plates are of different colours depending on the type of vehicle they are on. The police have blue plates with red and white lettering. Commercial vehicles have red number plates with white lettering. Private vehicles have white number plates with black lettering.