Colombia license plates

Format, region codes and a plate generator for Colombia.

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Plate types

How to read the plate

Region name

The region is written on the plate as a word — a state or province.

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 Colombian private car plate is yellow with a black border, three letters and three digits (NOJ 122) and a small round seal between the groups. The name of the municipality whose transit office issued the plate is stamped at the bottom — SEVILLA or BOGOTA D.C., for example; public service vehicles have white plates. The letters themselves do not officially mark the region: series are shared out among transit offices, but vehicles are transferred between them. Motorcycles, trailers and diplomats have COLOMBIA instead of a city.

Region map

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Region codes

26 regions

Region	Code
Armenia	ARMENIA
Barranquilla	BARRANQUILLA
Bogotá	BOGOTA D.C.
Bucaramanga	BUCARAMANGA
Cali	CALI
Cartagena	CARTAGENA
Chía	CHIA
Cúcuta	CUCUTA
Envigado	ENVIGADO
Funza	FUNZA
Ibagué	IBAGUE
Itagüí	ITAGUI
Manizales	MANIZALES
Medellín	MEDELLIN
Montería	MONTERIA
Neiva	NEIVA
Pasto	PASTO
Pereira	PEREIRA
Popayán	POPAYAN
Sabaneta	SABANETA
San Andrés	SAN ANDRES ISLA
Santa Marta	SANTA MARTA
Sevilla	SEVILLA
Soacha	SOACHA
Tunja	TUNJA
Villavicencio	VILLAVICENCIO

History

In 1972–1990 plates were black, reading AB 1234 with COLOMBIA; the first letter or pair of letters pointed to the city (AA Bogotá, KA Medellín), according to press and enthusiast sources. Before 1972 plates were issued by departments and municipalities. Yellow plates with the city at the bottom appeared in the 1990s; Bogotá's caption changed from BOGOTA D.E. (until 1991) to STFE DE BOGOTA (1991–2000) and BOGOTA D.C. (since 2000).