Zairean vehicle registration plates start with a group of two letters, indicating the province of registration (followed here by their main towns in parentheses to aid location):

• BN - Bandundu (Bandundu)
• BZ - Bas Zaire (Matadi)

• EQ - Equateur (Mbandaka)

• HZ - Haute Zaire (Kisangani)

• KE - Kasai Oriental (Mbuji-Mayi)
• KN - Kinshasa (Kinshasa)
• KV - Kivu (Bukavu)
• KW - Kasai Occidental (Kananga)

• SH - Shaba (Lubumbashi)