For the Italian colonial troops, however, special military service plates were used with the initials SOM (Somalia) or T (Tripolitania) in front.
The numbers, in relief, were assigned serially and the plates were made of metal, with the fasces as a seal.
They were exactly the same as the previous ones, but they had three squares on the left, colored top to bottom green, white and red, like the Italian flag, with the letters AOI (Africa Orientale Italiana) for Italian East Africa inside.
[3] The abbreviations used to indicate the origin are: A federal member state of Puntland, however, has been declared as de facto autonomous state since 1998 and does not recognize the authority of the local government of Somalia.
License plates have two letters and three digits, with addition of Arabic numerals in the lower right corner.