Mali license plates

Format, region codes and a plate generator for Mali.

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No region code

You cannot tell the region from this country's plates.

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:

Malian plates issued before 2024 show two letters, four digits and two more letters starting with M (AB 1234 MD); the last pair apparently stands for the region, but no full list exists. The new series under order 2023-5150 is AA 001 AA: series, three digits and another series. Its region sits in a separate field on the right: a three-letter code (BKO for Bamako, KAY for Kayes, SKO for Sikasso) and a district number — A1–A7 for the communes of Bamako, C01–C20 for the cercles of the other regions.

Region map

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Region codes

20 regions

Region	Code
Bandiagara Region	BGA
Bougouni Region	BGN
BamakoRegion digit at the start of the number under the old system. Such plates are no longer issued.	BKO 2
Dioïla Region	DLA
Douentza Region	DTZ
Gao RegionRegion digit at the start of the number under the old system. Such plates are no longer issued.	GAO 6
Kayes RegionRegion digit at the start of the number under the old system. Such plates are no longer issued.	KAY 1
Kidal Region	KDL
Koulikoro Region	KKR
Koutiala Region	KLA
Kita Region	KTA
Ménaka Region	MNK
Mopti RegionRegion digit at the start of the number under the old system. Such plates are no longer issued.	MPT 5
Nara Region	NRA
Nioro Region	NRO
San Region	SAN
Ségou RegionRegion digit at the start of the number under the old system. Such plates are no longer issued.	SEG 4
Sikasso RegionRegion digit at the start of the number under the old system. Such plates are no longer issued.	SKO 3
Timbuktu RegionRegion digit at the start of the number under the old system. Such plates are no longer issued.	TBT 7
Taoudénit Region	TDI

History

Earlier still, the region was a digit 1–7 at the start of the number; sources do not say when that system was in use. Then came the AB 1234 MD plates. The current series was introduced by order no. 2023-5150 of 29 December 2023, published in April 2024; it already includes codes for the regions created in 2023 (Nioro, Kita, Dioïla, Nara, Bougouni, Koutiala, San, Douentza, Bandiagara).