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]
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
NPW
1–8
NPW-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]
Priva
---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
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.
Gallery
Private vehicle registration plate
Commercial vehicle registration plate
Touring vehicle registration plate
Army vehicle registration plate
Motorcycle registration plate
Rickshaw registration plate
References
^ abc"အင်္ဂလိပ်အက္ခရာဖေါင်းကြွနံပါတ်ပြားတပ်ဆင်ခြင်း" [Installing license plates with English characters]. Road Transport Administration Department (in Burmese).