Chad license plates

Format, region codes and a plate generator for Chad.

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Plate types

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Country code

TCH is the international code of the country of registration.

Region code

Digits at the start of the number.

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:

A Chadian plate is written as one run in the CEMAC style, for example 12V3456B. The first two digits are the province code (18, N'Djamena, is the most common), and the next letter is the vehicle type (V for cars, C for off-roaders and vans, M for motorcycles, B for buses, P and T for trucks). Then come four digits and a series letter. On the right are the CEMAC emblem and the letters TCH.

Region map

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Region codes

24 regions

Region	Code
Batha ProvinceLetter code of the prefecture at the start of plates issued before 2001. Such plates are no longer issued.	01 TBA
Borkou Province	02
Chari-Baguirmi ProvinceLetter code of the prefecture at the start of plates issued before 2001. Such plates are no longer issued.	03 TCB
Guéra ProvinceLetter code of the prefecture at the start of plates issued before 2001. Such plates are no longer issued.	04 TGR
Hadjer-Lamis Province	05
Kanem ProvinceLetter code of the prefecture at the start of plates issued before 2001. Such plates are no longer issued.	06 TKA
Lac ProvinceLetter code of the prefecture at the start of plates issued before 2001. Such plates are no longer issued.	07 TLC
Logone Occidental ProvinceLetter code of the prefecture at the start of plates issued before 2001. Such plates are no longer issued.	08 TLO
Logone Oriental ProvinceLetter code of the prefecture at the start of plates issued before 2001. Such plates are no longer issued.	09 TLR
Mandoul Province	10
Mayo-Kebbi Est Province	11
Mayo-Kebbi Ouest Province	12
Moyen-Chari ProvinceLetter code of the prefecture at the start of plates issued before 2001. Such plates are no longer issued.	13 TMC
Ouaddaï ProvinceLetter code of the prefecture at the start of plates issued before 2001. Such plates are no longer issued.	14 TOD
Salamat ProvinceLetter code of the prefecture at the start of plates issued before 2001. Such plates are no longer issued.	15 TSA
Tandjilé ProvinceLetter code of the prefecture at the start of plates issued before 2001. Such plates are no longer issued.	16 TTA
Wadi Fira ProvinceLetter code of the prefecture at the start of plates issued before 2001. Such plates are no longer issued.	17 TBI
N'Djamena	18
Bahr el Gazel Province	19
Ennedi Province	20
Sila Province	21
Tibesti Province	22
Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti PrefectureThe prefecture was abolished and its territory divided among several present-day provinces. The code survives only on old plates issued before 2001.	TBET
Mayo-Kebbi PrefectureThe prefecture was abolished and its territory divided among several present-day provinces. The code survives only on old plates issued before 2001.	TMK

History

CEMAC-style plates have been issued since 2001: codes 01–18 follow the regions of 2002, and codes 19–22 were added in 2008. Before 2001 the number began with a three- or four-letter prefecture code (TBA for Batha, TMK for Mayo-Kebbi). In 2012 the Ennedi region was split in two; sources do not say which code the second part received.