Ethiopian Licence Plates

In Ethiopia, there are various types of taxis, the most common mode of public transportation is serviced by Minibuses and "Woyeyets". While Toyota HiAce is the most common model you would see for Minibuses, the Woyeyets are simple Toyota pickups with an extension at the back that allows them to sit up to 10 additional passengers. Both taxi types share the same color, white at the top half and blue at bottom. A designated person, a Woyala, is responsible for announcing the destination and collecting fares.

In addition to the group taxi services, contract taxis are also available for individual hire. These comes in two type; one that specialize in hotels/airports (yellow) and one used by the general public (white and blue).
Bajaj's are motor powered tricycles serving as taxis in rural areas. All taxis share a red licence plate code marked by the number "1" on the left side of the plate. All taxis share a red licence plate marked by the number “1” on the left side of the plate.

License plates that are blue with number “2” are private vehicles. Commercial vehicles have green plates with number “3” marked on them. Government vehicles have a black plate with number "4" marked on them. License plates that are orange with number "5" are Red Cross vehicles.

United Nations (UN) vehicles have light blue plates marked in Amharic "የተመ" and in English "UN". Similarly, African Union (AU) vehicle have light green plates marked in Amharic "አሕ" and in Engish "AU". Temporary plates are light blue and marked in Amharic "ተላላፊ". In addition every country’s embassy has its own number on its license plates .

General Vehicle Licence Plate Types in Ethiopia

CODE TYPE EXAMPLE
1 Taxi taxi
2 Private private
3 Commercial / Business business
4 Government government
5 Red Cross redcross
UN / የተመ United Nations united nations
AU / አሕ African Union African union
ተላላፊ Temporary Temporary

Regional license plate Codes

REGION CODE REGION EXAMPLE WITH PRIVATE PLATES
ኢት / ET Ethiopia Ethiopia
አአ / AA Addis Ababa Addis Abeba
አፋ / AF Afar Afar
አማ / AM Amhara Amhara
ቤጉ / BG Benishangul Gumuz Benishangul Gumuz
ድሬ / DR Dire Dawa Dire Dawa
ጋም / GM Gambela Gambela
ሐረ / HR Harar Harar
ኦሮ / OR Oromia Oromia
ሶማ / SM Somali Somali

Diplomatic Licence Plate Codes in Ethiopia

DIPLOMATIC CODE COUNTRY EXAMPLE
01 Italy
02 France
03 United Kingdom
04 United States of America
05 Belgium 05
06 Turkey 06
07 Egypt 07
08 Greek 08
09 Czech Republic 09
10 Russia 10
11 Sweeden 11
12 India 12
13 Yugoslavia 13
14 Germany 14
15 Netherlands 15
16 Yemen 16
17 Mexico 17
18 Saudi Arabia 18
19 Switzerland 19
20 Sudan 20
21 Vatican 21
22 Bulgaria 22
23 Japan 23
24 Liberia 24
25 Ghana 25
26 Spain 26
27 Poland 27
28 Somalia 28
29 Iran 29
30 Nigeria 30
31 Malawi 31
32 Senegal 32
33 Zaire 33
34 Tanzania 34
35 Indonesia 35
36 Austria 36
37 South Korea 37
38 Malaysia 38
39 Burundi 39
40 Zambia 40
41 - 41
42 Morocco 42
43 Finland 43
44 Thailand 44
45 Hungary 45
46 Canada 46
47 Ivery Cost 47
48 Cameron 48
49 Kenya 49
50 Equatorial Guinea 50
51 Venezuela 51
52 Sierra Leone 52
53 Rwanda 53
54 Guinea 54
55 Jamaica 55
56 China 56
57 Mali 57
58 Uganda 58
59 Argentina 59
60 - 60
61 Pakistan 61
62 Gabon 62
63 Libya 63
64 Romania 64
65 - 65
66 Cuba 66
67 Niger 67
68 North Korea 68
69 Algeria 69
70 Vietnam 70
71 Djibouti 71
72 Zimbabwe 72
73 Congo 73
74 Chad 74
75 Mozambique 75
76 Australia 76
77 Tunisia 77
78 Afghanistan 78
79 Nicaragua 79
80 - 80
81 Palestine 81
82 Angola 82
83 Iraq 83
84 Israel 84
85 Madagascar 85
86 Norway 86
87 Namibia 87
88 Mali 88
89 - 89
90 Eritrea 90
91 Ireland 91
92 South Africa 92
93 Lesotho 93
94 Mauritius 94
95 Kuwait 95
96 Burkina Faso 96
97 Botswana 97
98 Cape Verde 98
99 Togo 99
100 Portugal 100
101 Gambia 101
102 Benin 102
103 Mauritania 103
104 Ukraine 104
105 Denmark 105
106 106
107 Brazil 107
108 Slovakia 108
109 United Arab Emirates 109
110 League of Arab States 110
111 South Sudan 111
112 Luxembourg 112
113 Comoros 113
114 Georgia 114
115 Seychelles 115
116 Qatar 116

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