World Number Plates

Number Plates of Tanzania

Continent: Africa

Capital: Dar es Salaam

Population: 37 million

Country ISO code: TZ

Country OVAL code: EAT
(East Africa: Tanzania/Tanganyika)

Driving Side: Left

First license issued in 1938

Number of vehicles:
cars 44,000 (1989), trucks and buses 52,000 (1989)

Road information:
total: 88,200 km; paved: 3,704 km; unpaved: 84,496 km (1999 est.)

Located in the eastern part of Central Africa, Tanzania is surrounded by Congo, Burundi, Rwanda, Zambia, Uganda, Kenya, Malawi and Mozambique.

The current series of car registrations in Tanzania are on a orange-yellow number plate with black lettering. On the left hand side of the number plate is an emblem of the Tanzanian national flag. The format of the number plate is LLL NNN, with an ‘L’ being a letter and an ‘N’ being a number. This new series was bought into circulation in 1999, replacing the older series, which had been around since the 1980s. The older series had a similar format, but the number plates were a brighter yellow with no flag on them.