Vehicle Registration Plates of Myanmar (Burma) were introduced in 1999 and are administered by the (RTAD), under the Ministry of Transport and Communications. The latest format of the plates was introduced in July 2021.
The current plates contain a three letter regional code followed by a numeral representing the township (such as YGN-38 for Yangon Region, Dagon Township) above a six character alphanumeric serial number, and the make and model of the registered vehicle below the serial number.
Initially registered with Burmese characters, the department began using Latin characters in September 2013. There are several types of license plates in Myanmar, colored differently depending on vehicle and service as shown in the table below:
Vehicle typeBackground colourText colourEmbassies, Organisations White BlackReligious Yellow BlackTouring Blue WhitePrivate Black WhiteHire Vehicles, Trailers Red WhiteVolunteer Service Green WhiteHearse Red White
Regional codes
State/RegionCodeTownship numeralExampleAyeyarwadyAYY1–26AYY-5 (Pathein)BagoBGO1–28BGO-2 (Taungoo)ChinCHN1–9CHN-9 (Hakha)KayahKYH1–7KYH-7 (Loikaw)KachinKCN1–18KCN-16 (Myitkyina)KayinKYN1–7KYN-4 (Hpa-an)MagwayMGY1–25MGY-12 (Magway)MandalayMDY1–28MDY-18 (Amarapura)MonMON1–10MON-4 (Mawlamyine)NaypyitawNPW1–8NPW-1 (Zabuthiri)RakhineRKE1–17RKE-5 (Sittwe)SagaingSGG1–37SGG-28 (Monywa)ShanSHN1–55SHN-18 (Taunggyi)TanintharyiTNI1–10TNI-3 (Dawei)YangonYGN1–45YGN-13 (North Dagon)
License plates +Example plates Vehicle type Current format Older formats Private Hire vehicle, truck Religious ---YGN--- RLG-1234Vehicle from industrial zones Taxis Volunteer service UN and its organizations UN 12-34 ဖွဲ့ ၁၂/၃၄Embassies (diplomats) CD 12-34 သံ ၁၂/၃၄ Non-UN international organisations Touring vehicle Hearse Tractor Three-wheel motorcycle MDY-18 U 1234ဟ ၁၂၃၄၅Motorcycle MDY-10 W 12345၂၃ ယ ၁၂၃၄၅
Wa State Wa State, an autonomous self-governing state located in the east of the country, has its own license plate design. The passenger license plates have two letters, a hyphen and four to six digits, and the first letter always starts with W. Dimensions and colors are the same as those in the rest of Myanmar.
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