Vehicle Registration Plates of Myanmar

Vehicle registration plates in Myanmar are issued to all road vehicles in the country with few exceptions. The current system has been in place since 1980.

System
The current system uses the format XA-NNNNN, where X a geographic code represented by either a number or letter, followed by a serial number consisting of one letter followed by up to five numbers. For example, 3N 12345 would belong to a vehicle registered in the Bago Region (3).

Regions use numbers as their identifying code whereas states use letters, for example KD 45678 would be issued in Kayin State (K), and 1Q 67890 would be issued in the Yangon Region (1).

The letters I, O, and V are not used on any plates, due to I and O being easily confused for 1 and 0, and V being mispronounced as 'B' by Burmese speakers, because the 'V' sound is not native in the language.

Digits after the letter can range from 1 to 99999, with lower digits and consecutive digits often sold for high prices at auctions.

State and Region Codes
Each state and region has an identifying letter as the first digit. Shan state, due to its large size, has 3 codes, for Taunggyi, Lashio, and Kengtung respectively, and Kayah State, due to its small size and proximity to Kayin State, uses KY (under K for Kayin).


 * States
 * 1 for the Yangon Region