Vehicle registration plates of East Timor

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Democratic Republic of East Timor
Regular legal standard number plate from East Timor.
Country East Timor
Country codeNone
Current series
Size372 mm × 134 mm
14.6 in × 5.3 in
Serial formatNot standard
Colour (front)Black on white
Colour (rear)Black on white

Vehicle registration plates of East Timor are

Tetum (or Timor-Leste, the name of the country in Portuguese
). The current format started in 2002.

Vehicle types

Vehicle types[2]
Type Example Meaning
Private
Official
11-111A
TLS
Government vehicles, Palácio do Governo, Dili

Government vehicles have a similar format, but with four digits and the letter 'G'.

Portuguese Timor

Portuguese Timor vehicle registration plate format

When the country was a

colony, known as Portuguese Timor, vehicle registrations followed the same format to those used in Portugal, and other colonies, using the prefix T (for Timor) or alternatively TP for Timor Português or Portuguese Timor in Portuguese
in white letters on a black background.

Indonesian occupation

The design of the registration plates during the Indonesian occupation of East Timor from 1976 until 1999. The plate has the DF regional code and expiry date above or below the registration numbers (04•85, means until April 1985)

Following its invasion and occupation by Indonesia in 1975, East Timor (known as Timor Timur in Indonesian) was declared the country's 27th province. As a result, the letters DF were used for registrations in East Timor. This format was used until 1999, following the disintegration of East Timor from Indonesia.

References

  1. ^ "License Plates of Timor Leste (East Timor)".
  2. ^ "License Plates of Timor Leste (East Timor)".
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