Libya license plates

Format, region codes and a plate generator for Libya.

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How to read the plate

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 Libyan plate reads left to right: first a one- or two-digit municipality code, then a dash and a serial number of up to six digits (up to seven in Tripoli), with the word ليبيا («Libya») on the right. For example, 5 - 1593257 is Tripoli and 8 - 616192 is Benghazi. Codes 1–22 belong to the old centres and later ones to newer municipalities, so the series has gaps: 23, 29, 31, 34 and 39 are not issued. Commercial vehicles, taxis, farm machinery, tractor units and trailers carry an Arabic type letter before the code, and foreign residents also have a country code in a blue square.

Region codes

62 regions

Region	Code
Sabha	1
Bayda	2
Misrata	3
Zawiya	4
Tripoli	5
Al Khums	6
Sirte	7
Benghazi	8
Zuwarah	9
Derna	10
Al Shatii al Sharqi	11
Ajdabiya	12
Hun	13
Tobruk	14
Murzuq	15
Jalu	16
Ghadames	17
Marj	18
Nalut	19
Kufra	20
Gharyan	21
Yafran	22
Ubari	24
Aziziya	25
Sabratha	26
Tarhuna	27
Bani Walid	28
Al Abyar	30
Ghat	32
Qasr bin Ghashir	33
Shahhat (Cyrene)	35
Zliten	36
Baten Al Jabal	37
Mizda	38
Jumayl	40
Al Ajaylat	41
Zintan	42
Jadu	43
Msallata	44
Sahel El-Jebel	45
Castelverde	46
Sorman	47
Kabaw	48
Al Qubbah	49
Al Asbi'a	50
Ras Lanuf	51
Tocra	52
Kikla	53
Al Rhibat	54
Al Shatii al Gharbi	55
Al Rijban	56
Harraba	57
Southern Marj	58
Al Shagiga	59
Ras al-Helal	60
Zaltan	61
Qatrun	62
Janzur	63
Al Shwayrif	64
Al Riyayna	65
Suluq / Qaminis	66
Awjila / Jikharra	67

History

The current plates have been issued since 2013. From 1998 to 2012 plates bore the word الجماهيرية and two numbers — a sub-district code and a municipality code (e.g. 7-5 for Ben Ashour in Tripoli) — followed by a number of up to five digits; the sub-district codes were later dropped. In 1997–2004 plates were black on green, and in the 1960s white on black.