Kazakhstan license plates

Format, region codes and a plate generator for Kazakhstan.

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Plate types

How to read the plate

Country code

KZ is the international code of the country of registration.

Region code

In a separate field of the plate.

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 Kazakh plate reads left to right: the flag and the letters KZ on the left, then three digits and three Latin letters — the number and series. A separate box on the right holds the two-digit region code: 01 is Astana, 02 is Almaty, 17 is Shymkent, the rest are regions. Company vehicles have two letters instead of three (123 AB 01).

Region map

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Region codes

22 regions

Region	Code
AstanaRegion letter on 1993-pattern plates. They are no longer issued, but old ones are still on the road.	01 Z
AlmatyRegion letter on 1993-pattern plates. They are no longer issued, but old ones are still on the road.	02 A
Akmola RegionRegion letter on 1993-pattern plates. They are no longer issued, but old ones are still on the road.	03 C
Aktobe RegionRegion letter on 1993-pattern plates. They are no longer issued, but old ones are still on the road.	04 D
Almaty RegionRegion letter on 1993-pattern plates. They are no longer issued, but old ones are still on the road.	05 B
Atyrau RegionRegion letter on 1993-pattern plates. They are no longer issued, but old ones are still on the road.	06 E
West Kazakhstan RegionRegion letter on 1993-pattern plates. They are no longer issued, but old ones are still on the road.	07 L
Jambyl RegionRegion letter on 1993-pattern plates. They are no longer issued, but old ones are still on the road.	08 H
Karaganda RegionRegion letter on 1993-pattern plates. They are no longer issued, but old ones are still on the road.	09 M
Kostanay RegionRegion letter on 1993-pattern plates. They are no longer issued, but old ones are still on the road.	10 P
Kyzylorda RegionRegion letter on 1993-pattern plates. They are no longer issued, but old ones are still on the road.	11 N
Mangystau RegionRegion letter on 1993-pattern plates. They are no longer issued, but old ones are still on the road.	12 R
Turkistan RegionRegion letter on 1993-pattern plates. They are no longer issued, but old ones are still on the road.	13 X
Pavlodar RegionRegion letter on 1993-pattern plates. They are no longer issued, but old ones are still on the road.	14 S
North Kazakhstan RegionRegion letter on 1993-pattern plates. They are no longer issued, but old ones are still on the road.	15 T
East Kazakhstan RegionRegion letter on 1993-pattern plates. They are no longer issued, but old ones are still on the road.	16 F
Shymkent	17
Abai RegionRegion letter on 1993-pattern plates. They are no longer issued, but old ones are still on the road.	18 U
Jetisu RegionRegion letter on 1993-pattern plates. They are no longer issued, but old ones are still on the road.	19 V
Ulytau RegionRegion letter on 1993-pattern plates. They are no longer issued, but old ones are still on the road.	20 K
Kokshetau Region (abolished 1997)The region was abolished in 1997 and its territory went to neighbouring regions. The letter survives only on old 1993-pattern plates.	O
Torgay Region (abolished 1997)The region was abolished in 1997 and its territory went to neighbouring regions. The letter survives only on old 1993-pattern plates.	W

History

The current plates have been issued since 2012. On the 1993-pattern plates the region was a Latin letter on the left (A 123 BCD: A for Almaty, Z for Astana) — such plates can still be seen. Code 17 went to Shymkent in 2018; codes 18–20 appeared in 2022 with the new Abai, Jetisu and Ulytau regions.