Vehicle registration plates of Cambodia
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Cambodian vehicle license plates are the license plates attached to most motorized road vehicles in Cambodia, which are required by law. Cambodian license plates display the name of the province where the vehicle was registered. The owner must register the car in the province they live; this can be a different province from where the owner has his official residence (as shown in the housing register). If the title to the car is transferred to someone else, and the new owner lives in a different province, the number usually changes.
Types[]
Common types[]
The current Cambodian vehicle license plate format, used since April 1, 2004, has one class number, one or two letters of Latin alphabet, four numbers (from 0001 to 9999) and the name of the province in Khmer in which the car was registered at the top and at the bottom in English. (Ex. រតនគិរី 2D-0008 RATANAKIRI; ព្រះសីហនុ 2D-0088 SIHANOUKVILLE; ភ្នំពេញ 2D-0888 PHNOM PENH; ប.មានជ័យ 2D-8888 BANTEAY MEANCHEY).
Class | Plate color | Text color | First number |
---|---|---|---|
Motorcycles | White | Black | 1 |
1–7 seats private automobile* | White | Black | 2 |
Private automobile with more than 7 seats** | Black | White | 3 |
Agricultural vehicle | Green | Yellow | 4 |
Engineering vehicle | Orange | Black | 5 |
Truck trailer | White | Black | 7 |
Special vehicle | White | Black | 9 |
* Most 4-door pickups are included in this type.
** Usually a van or a lorry with more than seven seats.
There are plans to add another letter after the license plate numbers of Phnom Penh are full. For example, it starts from "1 AA 0001" to "1 AA 9999", then starts at "1 AB 0001", and continues again. In Phnom Penh, the motorcycle plate already started in 2012.
Special plates[]
TSNR 2021There are special plates for auction in Cambodia. Special plates have an appropriate number from 301 numerals and are assigned to 1–7 seat private automobiles. They have black text, in contrast to the white background of typical plates.
Police[]
Cars owned by the police get the red plate with "នគរបាល" as the province of registration.
Embassy and consulate[]
Embassy and consulate vehicles have their own license plates with a yellow background and blue text.
Royal vehicles[]
The royal family's license plate has two yellow letters in Khmer script (រន) and three yellow numbers on a blue plate.
Temporary plates[]
Until 1993, new cars not yet getting the real plate get the five-digit number plate.
When people use registered cars temporarily outside Cambodia, they may have English temporary plates. The English plates are the same number as the real plates and used for that car only. The plate has the province name in English at the bottom, instead of in Khmer. Today this is used for every car.
Location names[]
Cambodian license plates use the Khmer name of the province where its owner (a person or company) is located or registered.
- Banteay Meanchey Province - ប.មានជ័យ
- Battambang Province - បាត់ដំបង
- Kampong Cham Province - កំពង់ចាម
- Kampong Chhnang Province - កំពង់ឆ្នាំង
- Kampong Speu Province - កំពង់ស្ពឺ
- Kampong Thom Province - កំពង់ធំ
- Kampot Province - កំពត
- Kandal Province - កណ្ដាល
- Kep Province - កែប
- Koh Kong Province - កោះកុង
- Kratié Province - ក្រចេះ
- Mondulkiri Province - មណ្ឌលគីរី
- Oddar Meanchey Province - ឧ.មានជ័យ
- Pailin Province - ប៉ៃលិន
- Phnom Penh - ភ្នំពេញ
- Preah Vihear Province - ព្រះវិហារ
- Prey Veng Province - ព្រៃវែង
- Pursat Province - ពោធិ៍សាត់
- Ratanakiri Province - រតនគិរី
- Siem Reap Province - សៀមរាប
- Sihanoukville Province - ព្រះសីហនុ
- Stung Treng Province - ស្ទឹងត្រែង
- Svay Rieng Province - ស្វាយរៀង
- Takéo Province - តាកែវ
- Tboung Khmum Province - ត្បូងឃ្មុំ
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