A private vehicle plate. Two numbers have been redacted to protect the owner's identity.

Vehicle registration plates of Myanmar (Burma) were introduced in 1999 and are administered by the Road Transport Administration Department. The latest format of the plates was introduced in July 2021. The current plates contain a three letter regional code and a numeral representing the township (such as YGN-38 for Yangon Region, Dagon Township) above a six character alphanumeric serial number, and the model of the registered vehicle below the serial number.[1]

A commercial vehicle plate. Two numbers have been redacted to protect the owner's identity.

Initially registering with Burmese characters, the department began using Latin characters in September 2013.[1] There are several types of license plates in Myanmar, coloured differently depending on vehicle and service as shown in the table below.

Vehicle type Background colour Text colour
Embassies, Organisations White Black
Religious Yellow Black
Touring Blue White
Private Black White
Hire vehicles, Trailers Red White
Volunteer Service Green White
Hearse Black White

Regional Codes

State/Region Code Township numeral Example
Ayeyarwady AYY 1–26 AYY-5 (Pathein)
Bago BGO 1–28 BGO-2 (Taungoo)
Chin CHN 1–9 CHN-9 (Hakha)
Kayah KYH 1–7 KYH-7 (Loikaw)
Kachin KCN 1–18 KCN-16 (Myitkyina)
Kayin KYN 1–7 KYN-4 (Hpa-an)
Magway MGY 1–25 MGY-12 (Magway)
Mandalay MDY 1–28 MDY-18 (Amarapura)
Mon MON 1–10 MON-4 (Mawlamyine)
Naypyitaw NPT 1–8 NPT-1 (Zabuthiri)
Rakhine RKE 1–17 RKE-5 (Sittwe)
Sagaing SGG 1–37 SGG-28 (Monywa)
Shan SHN 1–55 SHN-18 (Taunggyi)
Tanintharyi TNI 1–10 TNI-3 (Dawei)
Yangon YGN 1–45 YGN-13 (North Dagon)

License plates

Example plates
Vehicle type Current format[1] Older formats[2][3]
Private
---YGN-36---

7K-3881

TOYOTA CROWN
---YGN---
1A-1234
၁က/၁၂၃၄
Hire Vehicle, Truck
---YGN-12---

1A-1234

NISSAN DIESEL
Religious
---YGN-12---

RLG-1234

TOYOTA MARK II
---YGN---

RLG-1234

Vehicle from Industrial Zones
---YGN-12---

1A-1234

I ZONE
Taxis
---YGN-12---

AA-1234

TOYOTA PROBOX
ကက/၁၂၃၄
Volunteer Service
---YGN-12---

AA-1234

TOYOTA VITZ
UN and its organizations
---YGN-12---

UN 12-34

BMW X5
UN 12-34
ဖွဲ့ ၁၂/၃၄
Embassies (diplomats)
---YGN-12---

CD 12-34

BMW X5
CD 12-34
သံ ၁၂/၃၄
Non-UN international organisations
---YGN-12---

IO-1234

HONDA FIT
Touring Vehicle
---YGN-12---

1A-1234

SENOVA
Hearse
---YGN-12---

HSE-1234

TOYOTA HIACE
---YGN---

HSE-1234

Tractor
---MDY---

1A-12345

Three wheel motorcycle
MDY-17 U

1234

ဟ

၁၂၃၄၅

Motorcycle
MDY-84 W

12345

၂၃ ယ

၁၂၃၄၅

Gallery

References

  1. ^ a b c "အင်္ဂလိပ်အက္ခရာဖေါင်းကြွနံပါတ်ပြားတပ်ဆင်ခြင်း" [Installing license plates with English characters]. Road Transport Administration Department (in Burmese).
  2. ^ "License Plates of Myanmar".
  3. ^ "Vehicle Information | Road Transportation Administration Department". www.myanmarrtad.com. Retrieved 2020-07-05.


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