Number Plates Search
Most expensive numbers sold
- '5' - £3.5million (Dubai - 2007)
- 'M 1' - £331,500 (2006)
- 'VIP 1' - £285,000 (2006)
- '51 NGH' - £254,000 (2006)
- 'GS 1' - £258,775 (2005)
- 'K1 NGS' - £231,000 (1993)
The history behind car number plates
Did you know that car number plates have been adorning vehicles in Britain since 1903?
Legend has it that Earl Russell camped out overnight in London to ensure that he would receive the registration number A 1. However, this wasn't the first car number plate to be issued...
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World Number Plates
Number Plates of Kenya
Continent: Africa
Capital: Nairobi
Population: 33.8 million
Country ISO code: KE
Country OVAL code: EAK
(East Africa: Kenya)
Driving Side: Left
First license issued in 1938
Number of vehicles:
cars 133,000 (1989), trucks and buses 149,000 (1989)
Road information:
total: 63,942 km; paved: 7,737 km; unpaved: 56,205 km (2000)
Images of Number Plates from Kenya
A little about Kenya
Kenya is located in East Africa. It is bound by Tanzania to the south, Uganda to the west, Sudan to the northwest, Ethiopia to the north, Somalia to the northeast and the Indian Ocean to the east. The country can be divided into seven topographical regions. (1.) the coastal strip or Temborari. (2.) The Nyika and Tana Plains which are thorn scrub bush lands with the latter containing the Lorian Swamp. (3.) The eastern plateau which includes the Amboseli, Serengeti and the Aruba Plains as well as the Chyulu Range and Taita Hills. (4.) The vast northern plains that account for 60% of the land area and are a series of arid plains, it also includes Kenya's only true desert, the Chalbi Desert. (5.) The Kenya Highlands or White Highlands. This region includes Mt. Kenya, Mt. Niandarawa, Mt. Elgon and the Aberdare Range. (6.) The Rift Valley with the basin consisting of a series of extinct volcanoes and the lakes of Naivasha, Elmenteita, Nakuri, Hannington or Bogoria and Magadi. (7.) The western plateau which descends into Lake Victoria. The principal rivers are the Tana and Galana or Athi. Major Cities (pop. est.); Nairobi 1,500,000, Mombasa 465,000, Kisumu 185,100, Nakuru 162,800 (1989). Land Use; forested 30%, pastures 37%, agricultural-cultivated 8%, other 25% (1993)