World Number Plates

Number Plates of Tunisia

Continent: Africa

Capital: Tunis

Population: 10 million

Country ISO code: TN

Country OVAL code: TN

Driving Side: Right

First license issued in 1957

Number of vehicles:
cars 321,101 (1989), trucks and buses 208,596 (1989)

Road information:
total: 18,997 km; paved: 12,310 km; unpaved: 6,687 km (2000)

Located in the central part of Northern Africa, Tunisia is surrounded by Libya and Algeria.

Car registrations in Tunisia have a combination of Arabic characters and standard numerals. The current series of car registrations has been around since the 1970s and consist of white lettering and a white border on black number plates. Diplomatic number plates are white with black lettering and a black border. Army number plates have the national emblem on the left hand side and consist of purely digits.