World Number Plates

Number Plates of Sao Tome & Principe

Continent: Africa

Capital: Sao Tome

Population: 190,000

Country ISO code: ST

Country OVAL code: STP

Driving Side: Right

First license issued in 1980

Number of vehicles:
cars 1,774 (1975), trucks and buses 265 (1975)

Road information:
total: 320 km; paved: 218 km; unpaved: 102 km (1999 est.)

Located off the coast of western Africa, Sao Tome and Principe are two islands of volcanic origin located in the Gulf of Guinea.

Number plates in Sao Tome and Principe are black with white or silver lettering. The format of the car registrations is LLL-NN-NN, with ‘L’ denoting a letter and ‘N’ denoting a number.