Vehicle registration plates of Tanzania
Tanzanian license plate use as some other African countries also a variant of German FE font. The characteristics of the two states Tanganyika and Zanzibar differ in some respects.
Tanganyika
The background is yellow on private vehicles and in the case of commercial vehicle white. Vehicles for public transport get red signs, vehicles of the United Nations blue, with diplomatic license plates, the background is green and black with military license plates. On the left side, they show the flag of Tanzania. Since 2000, beginning with the exception of the military flag all signs with the letter T followed by three digits and three letters, which is sequentially incremented. There is also a hologram seal on the flag or two-line signs on the right side. Diplomatic show after the obligatory T three digits, the letters CD and another three digits. The first keypad encoded thereby the country of origin. Features of the armed forces have black signs with white letters.
Early license plates in Tanganyika reported on the British model white characters on a black background. Later, these were replaced by yellow signs with two letters and a number combination. In the 1980s, the combination has been extended to Txx 1234. Private vehicles wore yellow signs for buses, taxis and car hire white flag were issued. In the 1990s, the order of the letters was exchanged, so the keypad now stood in front of the letters.
Zanzibar
The characteristics of Zanzibar and Pemba have a similar structure. However, the coat of arms and the reduced letter EAZ for East Africa Zanzibar appears next to the flag of Zanzibar on the signs. The combination starts with a Z, followed by three numerals and two letters. Unlike Tanganyika private vehicles get in Zanzibar white signs and commercially used vehicles yellow. Government vehicles bear the letters SMZ Swahili Serikali ya ya Mapinduzi Zanzibar (Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar ). There are also various special indicator for further administrative organs. Former black, later white mark upon the pattern ZNZ 1234 were used in Zanzibar.