Vehicle registration plates of Lesotho
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Lesotho
Lesotho , officially the Kingdom of Lesotho, is a landlocked country and enclave, surrounded by the Republic of South Africa. It is just over in size with a population of approximately 2,067,000. Its capital and largest city is Maseru. Lesotho is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. The name...
requires its residents to register their motor vehicle
Motor vehicle
A motor vehicle or road vehicle is a self-propelled wheeled vehicle that does not operate on rails, such as trains or trolleys. The vehicle propulsion is provided by an engine or motor, usually by an internal combustion engine, or an electric motor, or some combination of the two, such as hybrid...
s and display vehicle registration plate
Vehicle registration plate
A vehicle registration plate is a metal or plastic plate attached to a motor vehicle or trailer for official identification purposes. The registration identifier is a numeric or alphanumeric code that uniquely identifies the vehicle within the issuing region's database...
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Plates are blue-on-white for private vehicles and red-on-white for government vehicles. They follow the format of one or two letters followed by four numbers. Diplomatic Plates are blue-on-white however have the letters CD on them.
| A 1234 | A 1234 |
| A 1234 | A 1234 |
A mokorotlo, the same colour as the characters on the plate, is stuck onto the plate to show a 5-year validity period.
Dealer plates are also red-on-white but do not follow the A 1234 standard and do not show the mokorotlo.
Before 1979, private plates were white-on-black and had an additional preceding 'L' which stood for Lesotho.
| LA 1234 | LA 1234 |