World Number Plates

Number Plates of Senegal

Continent: Africa

Capital: Dakar

Population: 11 million

Country ISO code: SN

Country OVAL code: SN

Driving Side: Right

First license issued in 1962

Number of vehicles:
cars 90,000 (1989), trucks and buses 37,000 (1989)

Road information:
total: 14,576 km; paved: 4,271 km; unpaved: 10,305 km (2000)

Located on the western coast of Africa, Senegal is surrounded by Mauritania, Mali, Guinea and Guinea-Bissau.

The present series of car registrations in Senegal are on a bright blue number plate with white lettering. The format of the number plate is LL-DDDD-L, with the ‘L’ denoting a letter and the ‘D’ denoting a digit. The first two letters of the number plate identify the region the vehicle was registered in. The previous series of car registrations were on a darker blue number plate with a different format.