Nepal license plates

Format, region codes and a plate generator for Nepal.

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How to read the plate

Region name

The region is written on the plate as a word — a state or province.

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:

The most common plate in Nepal is the old type: red, with white Devanagari characters on two lines. The top line has the zone letter, the lot number and the class letter (बा १२ च — Bagmati zone, lot 12, private car), the bottom line a number of up to four digits. The new embossed plates (issued since July 2020) show the province name in small Latin letters at the top, followed by a class letter, two series letters and four digits.

Region map

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Region codes

21 regions

Region	Code
Bagmati Province	BAGMATI
Gandaki Province	GANDAKI
Karnali Province	KARNALI
Koshi Province	KOSHI
Lumbini Province	LUMBINI
Madhesh Province	MADHESH
Sudurpashchim Province	SUDURPASHCHIM
Bagmati ZoneThe zone was abolished in 2015 together with the whole zone system; its letter survives on old-type plates.	BA
Bheri ZoneThe zone was abolished in 2015 together with the whole zone system; its letter survives on old-type plates.	BHE
Dhawalagiri ZoneThe zone was abolished in 2015 together with the whole zone system; its letter survives on old-type plates.	DH
Gandaki ZoneThe zone was abolished in 2015 together with the whole zone system; its letter survives on old-type plates.	GA
Janakpur ZoneThe zone was abolished in 2015 together with the whole zone system; its letter survives on old-type plates.	JA
Karnali ZoneThe zone was abolished in 2015 together with the whole zone system; its letter survives on old-type plates.	KA
Kosi ZoneThe zone was abolished in 2015 together with the whole zone system; its letter survives on old-type plates.	KO
Lumbini ZoneThe zone was abolished in 2015 together with the whole zone system; its letter survives on old-type plates.	LU
Mahakali ZoneThe zone was abolished in 2015 together with the whole zone system; its letter survives on old-type plates.	MA
Mechi ZoneThe zone was abolished in 2015 together with the whole zone system; its letter survives on old-type plates.	ME
Narayani ZoneThe zone was abolished in 2015 together with the whole zone system; its letter survives on old-type plates.	NA
Rapti ZoneThe zone was abolished in 2015 together with the whole zone system; its letter survives on old-type plates.	RA
Sagarmatha ZoneThe zone was abolished in 2015 together with the whole zone system; its letter survives on old-type plates.	SA
Seti ZoneThe zone was abolished in 2015 together with the whole zone system; its letter survives on old-type plates.	SE

History

The old plates were issued by 14 zones, abolished in 2015, but their letters remain on millions of vehicles. Embossed Latin-script plates were approved in 2017 and, after a Supreme Court suspension, have been issued since July 2020; in the transition years provincial plates in Devanagari were issued as well. Since 2022 the government has been discussing a return of Devanagari to the embossed plates.