Number of vehicles: cars 554,059 (1987), trucks and buses 255,149 (1987)
Road information: total: 57,707 km; paved: 32,547 km (including 481 km of expressways); unpaved: 25,160 km (2000)
Located in the northern part of West Africa, Morocco is surrounded by Algeria, the Mediterranean Sea and the Sahara desert.
The early series of car registrations in Morocco had both numbering and Arabic writing on them, with the numbers being on the top and the Arabic writing at the bottom. A white line divided them. The number plates were black with white lettering. The format of the numbering was NNNN – NN, with the ‘N’ denoting a digit. The last two digits represent the area the vehicle was registered in. The current series of number plates is quite similar to the previous series, with the format being identical apart from an extra digit on the end. Also the current number plates have no Arabic writing and are on a white plate with black lettering.
