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Bhutan license plates

Format, region codes and a plate generator for Bhutan.

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How to read the plate

Region code
Part of the number that shows the region.
Series and number
Letters and digits — the registration itself.

A Bhutanese private car plate is red with white characters. The top line reads «སྒེར་འཁོར» (“private vehicle”) in Dzongkha, the bottom one carries a number such as BP-2-A7662: BP for a private vehicle (BT taxi, BG government), then the region digit, a series letter and four digits. There are four region digits: 1 west, 2 centre, 3 south, 4 east of the country.

Region map

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Region codes

4 regions
Region Code
Western Bhutan
1
Central Bhutan
2
Southern Bhutan
3
Eastern Bhutan
4

History

Earlier plates looked like BP-2-1234, without a series letter; the sources do not say when the letter was added. How the region digits map onto the dzongkhags has not been officially published.

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