World Number Plates

Number Plates of Somalia

Continent: Africa

Capital: Mogadishu

Population: 8.6 million

Country ISO code: SP

Country OVAL code: SO

Driving Side: Right

First license issued in 1970s

Number of vehicles:
cars 19,000 (1989), trucks and buses 11,000 (1989)

Road information:
total: 22,100 km; paved: 2,608 km; unpaved: 19,492 km (1999 est.)

Located in Eastern Africa, Somalia is surrounded by Djibouti, Ethiopia and Kenya.

Car registrations in Somalia display the registration and country name in both Somali and Roman characters. The Roman characters are on the left hand side of the number plate and the Somali ones are on the right hand side. The country name, Somalia, is displayed at the top of the plate, with the registration displayed at the bottom of the plate. The country emblem is displayed in the middle of the number plate.