Indonesia license plates

Format, region codes and a plate generator for Indonesia.

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Plate types

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Region code

Letters 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:

An Indonesian plate starts with a one- or two-letter region code (B for Jakarta, D for Bandung, AB for Yogyakarta), followed by 1–4 digits and 1–3 series letters (B 1234 ABC); below are the month and year when the registration expires. The codes follow the former Dutch residencies, so on Java, Sumatra and Sulawesi one province is split into several codes. The first series letter (the last one in Central Java) narrows down the regency or city of registration. Since 2022–2023 plates are white with black characters; they used to be black.

Region map

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Region codes

62 regions

Region	Code
Banten (except Greater Tangerang)	A
Kedu area (Magelang, Purworejo, Kebumen, Temanggung, Wonosobo)	AA
Special Region of Yogyakarta	AB
Surakarta (Solo) area	AD
Madiun area (Ngawi, Magetan, Ponorogo, Pacitan)	AE
Kediri area (Blitar, Tulungagung, Nganjuk, Trenggalek)	AG
Jakarta and Greater Jakarta (Depok, Tangerang, Bekasi)	B
West Sumatra	BA
North Sumatra – west (Tapanuli)	BB
Bengkulu	BD
Lampung	BE
South Sumatra	BG
Jambi	BH
North Sumatra – east coast (Medan)	BK
Aceh	BL
Riau	BM
Bangka Belitung Islands	BN
Riau Islands	BP
Greater Bandung	D
South Kalimantan	DA
North Sulawesi (mainland)	DB
West Sulawesi	DC
South Sulawesi – south (Makassar)	DD
Maluku	DE
North Maluku	DG
Timor (East Nusa Tenggara)	DH
Bali	DK
North Sulawesi (Sangihe, Talaud, Sitaro islands)	DL
Gorontalo	DM
Central Sulawesi	DN
South Sulawesi – north (Parepare)	DP
Lombok (West Nusa Tenggara)	DR
Southeast Sulawesi	DT
South Sulawesi – centre (Bone, Wajo)	DW
Cirebon area	E
Sumbawa (West Nusa Tenggara)	EA
Flores and islands (East Nusa Tenggara)	EB
Sumba (East Nusa Tenggara)	ED
Bogor, Sukabumi, Cianjur	F
Pekalongan & Tegal area	G
Semarang area	H
Pati area (Kudus, Jepara, Rembang, Blora, Grobogan)	K
West KalimantanThe old code was replaced by a new one and is no longer issued.	KB BR
Central Kalimantan	KH
East Kalimantan	KT
North Kalimantan	KU
Surabaya	L
Madura	M
Malang & Pasuruan area (Probolinggo, Lumajang, Batu)	N
Besuki area (Jember, Banyuwangi, Bondowoso, Situbondo)	P
PapuaThe old code was replaced by a new one and is no longer issued.	PA DS
West Papua	PB
Highland Papua	PG
South Papua	PS
Central Papua	PT
Southwest Papua	PY
Banyumas area (Cilacap, Purbalingga, Banjarnegara)	R
Bojonegoro area (Tuban, Lamongan, Mojokerto, Jombang)	S
Karawang, Purwakarta, Subang	T
Gresik & Sidoarjo	W
East Priangan and Sumedang (Garut, Tasikmalaya, Ciamis)	Z
East Timor (until 1999)Code of the Indonesian province of 1976–1999 on the territory of today's Timor-Leste; no longer issued.	DF

History

The region codes go back to the colonial system of residencies (from the 1920s). The codes BR (replaced by KB), DS (Papua switched to PA in 2016, West Papua to PB in 2013) and DF, East Timor's code until 1999, have been dropped. In 2023–2024 the new Papuan provinces received the codes PG, PS, PT and PY.