Kyrgyz registration plates were first issued in 1980, when the country was still a republic of the Soviet Union. Despite having gained its independence in 1991, it continued to use the old Soviet plates until the introduction of the current format in 1994.

Formats

1980-1993 Between 1980 and 1993, Kyrgyz plates were manufactured to the Soviet GOST 3207-77 standard. The characters were of the following format: x ## ## XX where x is a lowercase Cyrillic counter letter; # is any digit between 0 and 9; and XX are two uppercase Cyrillic letters indicating where the vehicle was registered (e.g. БИ for Bishkek).

с 15 63 БИ

1994

1994 saw the launch of another format, which resembles more closely the style of registration plates used in Europe. The most notable changes are the switch from Cyrillic letters to Latin, and the presence of the Kyrgyz flag in a narrow band to the left of the plate. The alphanumerics are rendered in DIN 1451. The plate format was X #### XX or X #### X, with the first letter based on geographic location.

2015 Starting from July 2015, a new system has entered into circulation. Each province now has a two digit code. The new license plates have the font FE-Schrift. The numbers usually have a font size slightly larger than the letters, similar to Russian vehicle registration plates.

Private vehicles The license plates have the format ## - ### xxx, where the first two digits are province codes. The plate is black on white. Right under the province codes, there is the Kyrgyz flag and the code KG.

Motorcycles The license plates have the format ## - ### xx, where the first two digits are province codes. The plate is black on white.

Governmental vehicles The license plates have the format ## - ### PT, where the first two digits are province codes. The plate is black on white.

President

Foreign The following plates are black on yellow. These flags show the code KG, but not the Kyrgyz flag. These plates have the following format: ## - #### L, where the first two digits are the province codes. The letter would be either of the following: H: For a vehicle owned by a foreign citizen. P: For a vehicles who would be in the country for more than 6 months M: For foreign firms, their staff and families. K: Belonging to foreign media

Diplomatic Diplomatic license plates are white on red, whereas the license plates for UN vehicles are white on blue. The license plates have the format L ## ###. The letter could be any of the following: C: Official and personal vehicles of heads of consular posts and staff, i.e. Corps consulaires D: Vehicles of diplomatic and other international organizations, as well as personal vehicles chapters (new format) and employees of the diplomatic rank of the offices, organizations, missions and members of their families, i.e. Corps diplomatiques T: Vehicles of administrative and technical staff of diplomatic and consular missions, other international organizations and the family members of these employees.

The two digit number would be the country or organization code. The following table shows the codes: Country name Code International Organization Code UN Agency Code 01 EBRD 50 UNDP 01 02 IMF 51 UNHCR 02 03 World Bank 52 UNICEF 03 04 MIR TV 53 UNFPA 04 05 Swiss Corporation Office 54 06 GIZ 55 07 IOM 56 08 UK DfID 57 09 OSCE 58 10 SOS Children's Villages 59 11 JICA 60 12 ADB 61 13 ICRC 62 14 Aga Khan 63 15 ISTC 64 16 17 18 19 The three digit number is assigned in increasing order. Numbers 001 to 099 are assigned to diplomatic missions, and numbers 100 to 999 to private cars of the diplomats. On the right end, the date of the issuance of the plate is posted, with the month on the top, and the year on the bottom.

Honorary Consulate plates are white on red, and have the format HC ####, where the four digit number is the country code. On the right end, the date of the issuance of the plate is posted, with the month on the top, and the year on the bottom.

Country name Code 1001 1101 1201 1301 1401 1501 1601 1701 1801 1901 2001 2101 2201 2301 2401

There's also a license plate format for official and personal vehicles of heads of diplomatic missions.

Region identifiers

Current Starting from July 2016, a two digit code has been assigned to each region, similar to the format in Russia. There is a potential to add more codes to each region, as each of the existing codes get used up. Code Region 01 Bishkek 02 Osh 03 Batken Region 04 Jalal-Abad Region 05 Naryn Region 06 Osh Region 07 Talas Region 08 Chüy Region 09 Issyk-Kul Region 10 Legalized 11 Temporary

1994-2016 Prefix RegionАBatken RegionBBishkekCChüy RegionDJalal-Abad RegionEBishkek (outskirts)IIssyk-Kul RegionH/NNaryn RegionOOshSChüy RegionTTalas RegionZOsh Region

1980-1994 Suffix RegionБИBishkekЖАJalal-Abad RegionИКIssyk-Kul RegionНРNaryn RegionОШOsh RegionТФTalas RegionТЯTian Shan RegionФИChüy RegionЧСChüy Region

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