Argentina license plates

Format, region codes and a plate generator for Argentina.

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Plate types

How to read the plate

MERCOSUR band

The common Mercosur format: a blue band with the name and flag of the country.

Region on old plates

Current plates show no region; only old ones did.

Series and number

Letters and digits — the registration itself.

County

The first characters are the code of the county where the car is registered: The county where the car is registered is shown separately on the plate:

An Argentine MERCOSUR plate (since 2016) has two letters, three digits and two more letters: AJ 707 RU. A blue band on top carries REPUBLICA ARGENTINA, the MERCOSUR mark on the left and the flag on the right. The province is not shown: series run nationwide, as they did on the ABC 123 plates issued in 1995–2016 that are still on the road. Only pre-1995 plates showed the province, as the first letter — the same letter as the province's ISO code (B Buenos Aires Province, C City of Buenos Aires, X Córdoba); I, Ñ and O were not used.

Region codes

24 regions

Region	Code
Salta ProvinceProvince letter on 1964–1994 plates. They are no longer issued, and current plates do not show the province.	A
Buenos Aires ProvinceProvince letter on 1964–1994 plates. They are no longer issued, and current plates do not show the province.	B
Buenos Aires CityProvince letter on 1964–1994 plates. They are no longer issued, and current plates do not show the province.	C
San Luis ProvinceProvince letter on 1964–1994 plates. They are no longer issued, and current plates do not show the province.	D
Entre Ríos ProvinceProvince letter on 1964–1994 plates. They are no longer issued, and current plates do not show the province.	E
La Rioja ProvinceProvince letter on 1964–1994 plates. They are no longer issued, and current plates do not show the province.	F
Santiago del Estero ProvinceProvince letter on 1964–1994 plates. They are no longer issued, and current plates do not show the province.	G
Chaco ProvinceProvince letter on 1964–1994 plates. They are no longer issued, and current plates do not show the province.	H
San Juan ProvinceProvince letter on 1964–1994 plates. They are no longer issued, and current plates do not show the province.	J
Catamarca ProvinceProvince letter on 1964–1994 plates. They are no longer issued, and current plates do not show the province.	K
La Pampa ProvinceProvince letter on 1964–1994 plates. They are no longer issued, and current plates do not show the province.	L
Mendoza ProvinceProvince letter on 1964–1994 plates. They are no longer issued, and current plates do not show the province.	M
Misiones ProvinceProvince letter on 1964–1994 plates. They are no longer issued, and current plates do not show the province.	N
Formosa ProvinceProvince letter on 1964–1994 plates. They are no longer issued, and current plates do not show the province.	P
Neuquén ProvinceProvince letter on 1964–1994 plates. They are no longer issued, and current plates do not show the province.	Q
Río Negro ProvinceProvince letter on 1964–1994 plates. They are no longer issued, and current plates do not show the province.	R
Santa Fe ProvinceProvince letter on 1964–1994 plates. They are no longer issued, and current plates do not show the province.	S
Tucumán ProvinceProvince letter on 1964–1994 plates. They are no longer issued, and current plates do not show the province.	T
Chubut ProvinceProvince letter on 1964–1994 plates. They are no longer issued, and current plates do not show the province.	U
Tierra del Fuego ProvinceProvince letter on 1964–1994 plates. They are no longer issued, and current plates do not show the province.	V
Corrientes ProvinceProvince letter on 1964–1994 plates. They are no longer issued, and current plates do not show the province.	W
Córdoba ProvinceProvince letter on 1964–1994 plates. They are no longer issued, and current plates do not show the province.	X
Jujuy ProvinceProvince letter on 1964–1994 plates. They are no longer issued, and current plates do not show the province.	Y
Santa Cruz ProvinceProvince letter on 1964–1994 plates. They are no longer issued, and current plates do not show the province.	Z

History

Until 1964–1969 plates were issued by municipalities in many designs. From 1964 (Federal Capital) and 1968–1969 (provinces) until 1994 a plate showed the province letter and up to six or seven digits (B 1234567), white on black. Mendoza switched to the nationwide ABC 123 plates on 1 December 1994, the rest on 1 January 1995; MERCOSUR plates have been issued since April 2016.