Vehicle registration plates of Cape Verde Vehicle registration plates of Cape Verde The license plates in Cape Verde have been derived from the former colonial power Portugal. Previously, Cape Verde used the Portuguese Overseas Territories system, cars in Cape Verde had registrations of the type CVx-1234, where the x was either S (Ilhas de Sotavento) or B (Ilhas de Barlavento). Sotavento and Barlavento are the two island groups that make up Cape Verde. Plates were black with white letters. The modern system keeps the colours of the old system (white letters on black ground), but the registration code is now different for each island. The codes
International vehicle registration code plate. There are unofficial codes in common use, such as "AS" for Asturias, "CAT" for Catalonia, "CYM" for Wales, "BZH" for Brittany, "VL" for Flanders, "V" for Vojvodina/Vajdaság, "TS" for Transylvania,"PR" for Puerto Rico, "SIC" for Székely Land (from Latin "Terra Siculorum") and "CD" for "Corps Diplomatique". In addition, in some areas, vehicle-style stickers have been used to denote and promote other entities, such as towns, islands, businesses, and even associations. These irregular stickers almost always bear an explanation of the code in small print near the edge of the sticker, as the codes used are so unknown. A separate