Libya license plates
Format, region codes and a plate generator for Libya.
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How to read 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 | |
| Bayda | |
| Misrata | |
| Zawiya | |
| Tripoli | |
| Al Khums | |
| Sirte | |
| Benghazi | |
| Zuwarah | |
| Derna | |
| Al Shatii al Sharqi | |
| Ajdabiya | |
| Hun | |
| Tobruk | |
| Murzuq | |
| Jalu | |
| Ghadames | |
| Marj | |
| Nalut | |
| Kufra | |
| Gharyan | |
| Yafran | |
| Ubari | |
| Aziziya | |
| Sabratha | |
| Tarhuna | |
| Bani Walid | |
| Al Abyar | |
| Ghat | |
| Qasr bin Ghashir | |
| Shahhat (Cyrene) | |
| Zliten | |
| Baten Al Jabal | |
| Mizda | |
| Jumayl | |
| Al Ajaylat | |
| Zintan | |
| Jadu | |
| Msallata | |
| Sahel El-Jebel | |
| Castelverde | |
| Sorman | |
| Kabaw | |
| Al Qubbah | |
| Al Asbi'a | |
| Ras Lanuf | |
| Tocra | |
| Kikla | |
| Al Rhibat | |
| Al Shatii al Gharbi | |
| Al Rijban | |
| Harraba | |
| Southern Marj | |
| Al Shagiga | |
| Ras al-Helal | |
| Zaltan | |
| Qatrun | |
| Janzur | |
| Al Shwayrif | |
| Al Riyayna | |
| Suluq / Qaminis | |
| Awjila / Jikharra |
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.
