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Cyprus license plates

Format, region codes and a plate generator for Cyprus.

Cyprus license plates — MAA 001 0613

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Plate types

How to read the plate

EU band
The blue band with the EU flag and the country code CY.
Region code
Part of the number that shows the region.
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 Cypriot plate is three letters and three digits (MAA 001). Since 2013 the month and year of first registration are printed small between them (06 over 13) — a date, not a region. Only letters common to the Greek and Latin alphabets are used. On the left is the blue EU band with the letters CY.

Region codes

Plates in this country do not show the region — you cannot tell it from the plate.

History

The current series started in 2013 with MAA. Before 1930 plates carried district letter codes: F for Famagusta, K for Kyrenia, L for Larnaca, LL for Limassol, N for Nicosia, P for Paphos. The north of the island, controlled by the unrecognised Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, uses its own plate system.

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$1.92 /L

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RON 98

$1.99 /L

€1.78 · £1.49/L

69 of 103

pricier than 66% of countries

Diesel

$2.24 /L

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Larnaca District +23°·24 km/h
93
Limassol District +22°·17 km/h
92
Famagusta District +22°·16 km/h
90
Paphos District +21°·21 km/h
89
Nicosia District +22°·17 km/h
87
Avg. score 89
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Acceptable 0%
Challenging 0%
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