Bulgaria license plates
Format, region codes and a plate generator for Bulgaria.
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How to read the plate
A Bulgarian plate is a one- or two-letter province code, four digits and two series letters (СА 1234 АВ). Only the 12 Cyrillic letters that look like Latin ones are used: А В Е К М Н О Р С Т У Х. The province code is on the left: СА is Sofia, В is Varna, РВ is Plovdiv; Sofia city has three codes — С, СА and СВ. To the left of the number is the blue EU band with the letters BG.
Region map
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Region codes
28 regions| Region | Code |
|---|---|
| Burgas Province | |
| Varna Province | |
| Vidin Province | |
| Vratsa Province | |
| Veliko Tarnovo Province | |
| Sofia City | |
| Silistra Province | |
| Sliven Province | |
| Smolyan Province | |
| Sofia Province | |
| Stara Zagora Province | |
| Blagoevgrad Province | |
| Gabrovo Province | |
| Pleven Province | |
| Shumen Province | |
| Kardzhali Province | |
| Kyustendil Province | |
| Montana Province | |
| Lovech Province | |
| Ruse Province | |
| Pazardzhik Province | |
| Plovdiv Province | |
| Pernik Province | |
| Razgrad Province | |
| Targovishte Province | |
| Dobrich Province | |
| Haskovo Province | |
| Yambol Province |
History
The current province codes date from 1992, the EU format with the blue band from 1999/2008. In 1986–1992 codes followed the former okrugs (П for Plovdiv, ПК for Pernik, СЗ for Stara Zagora), and earlier formats were different again; old codes are practically never seen now. Sofia got extra codes as series ran out: СА from about 2005, СВ from November 2014.
