The

Bahamas The Bahamas (), officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is an island country within the Lucayan Archipelago of the West Indies in the North Atlantic. It takes up 97% of the Lucayan Archipelago's land area and is home to 88% of the ar ...

requires its residents to register their motor vehicles and display a

vehicle registration plate A vehicle registration plate, also known as a number plate (British English), license plate (American English), or licence plate ( Canadian English), is a metal or plastic plate attached to a motor vehicle or trailer for official identific ...

. Current plates are North American standard 6 × 12 inches (152 × 300 mm). The configuration of the plates is two letters followed by four numbers. At the bottom of the plate it's shown the flag of the Bahamas. The text of the plates varies by

island An island (or isle) is an isolated piece of habitat that is surrounded by a dramatically different habitat, such as water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys. An island ...

, with each island or group issuing their own plates.

References

Transport in the Bahamas Bahamas transport-related lists {{Bahamas-stub