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Turkmenistan license plates

Format, region codes and a plate generator for Turkmenistan.

Turkmenistan license plates — BZ 6472 LB

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How to read the plate

Country code
TM is the international code of the country of registration.
Region code
Part of the number that shows the region.
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 Turkmen plate reads: two Latin series letters, four digits and two region letters (AB 1234 LB), with the green flag and TM on the left. Region codes: AG Ashgabat, AK Arkadag, AH Ahal Region, BN Balkan, DZ Daşoguz, LB Lebap, MR Mary. The region letters are the same on every plate type, only their position changes: on company vehicles (1234 AGx) and motorcycles the region is the first two of the three letters after the digits.

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Region codes

7 regions

History

From 1994 plates had the form X 1234 AG — a letter, four digits and the region code; since 2009–2010 two series letters stand in front. The code AK appeared after the city of Arkadag was given velayat status in 2023. Before 1994 Soviet series were used.

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RON 80

$0.33 /L

TMT1.15 · €0.29/L

2 of 19

cheaper than 95% of countries

RON 92

$0.39 /L

TMT1.35 · €0.35/L

3 of 175

cheaper than 99% of countries

RON 95

$0.43 /L

TMT1.50 · €0.38/L

2 of 103

cheaper than 99% of countries

Diesel

$0.39 /L

TMT1.35 · €0.35/L

5 of 174

cheaper than 98% of countries

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Best regions in the coming days

Lebap Region +16°·20 km/h
74
Ahal Region +16°·22 km/h
73
Mary Region +16°·20 km/h
71
Balkan Province +17°·12 km/h
69
Ashgabat +13°·16 km/h
62
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Daşoguz Region +10°·30 km/h
50
Avg. score 63
Ideal 0%
Comfortable 74%
Acceptable 26%
Challenging 0%
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