Vehicle registration plates of Lesotho
# Vehicle registration plates of Lesotho

Lesotho requires its residents to register their motor vehicles and display vehicle registration plates.

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 |
| - | - |

## Kingdom of Lesotho

Period following independence:

* LA – Maseru
* LB – Butha Buthe
* LC – Leribe
* LD – Teyateyaneng
* LE – Mafeteng
* LF – Mohales Hoek
* LG – Quthing
* LH – Qacha's Nek
* LJ – Mokhotlong

Government:

* LX – Government vehicles

Diplomatic corps: Owing to a dispute between the foreign legations, several of them used distinctive codes for a period:

* UKHC – United Kingdom High Commission
* UNDP – United Nations Development Programme
* USA – United States of America
* WHO – World Health Organisation
* ROC – Republic of China (Taiwan)
* D – Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany)

The rest of the legations used DC.

## Colony of Basutoland

Prior to independence:

* BA – Maseru
* BB – Butha Buthe
* BC – Leribe
* BD – Teyateyaneng
* BE – Mafeteng
* BF – Mohales Hoek
* BG – Quthing
* BH – Qacha's Nek
* BJ – Mokhotlong

Government:

* BX – Government vehicles
