Peru license plates

Format, region codes and a plate generator for Peru.

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Plate types

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Region code

Letters 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 Peruvian plate (since 2010) has three characters, a dash and three digits: ABC-123 or F5U-597, sometimes with a digit in the middle. PERU is written on top between the flag and a hologram sticker. The first letter is the SUNARP registry zone where the car is registered: A, B, C, D and F for Lima and Callao, P for Piura and Tumbes, T for La Libertad, V for Arequipa and so on. Zones group one or more departments, so the letter points to a zone rather than a single department; E is used for special plates.

Region map

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Region codes

13 regions

Region	Code
Lima and Callao	A B C D F
Áncash	H
Amazonas, Cajamarca and Lambayeque	K M
Loreto	L
Piura and Tumbes	P
San Martín	S
La Libertad	T
Ucayali	U
Arequipa	V
Huánuco, Junín and Pasco	W
Apurímac, Cusco and Madre de Dios	X
Ayacucho, Huancavelica and Ica	Y
Moquegua, Puno and Tacna	Z

History

The current plates have been issued since 1 January 2010 (DS 017-2008-MTC). In 1974–2009 the first letter gave the vehicle type and the second the region: A Tumbes, B Piura, H Arequipa, Z Cusco, while G, I, O and Q stood for Lima and Callao. Before 1973 plates showed the name of the city.