Vehicle registration plates of Armenia

New Armenian Vehicle Registration Plate (License Plate)

Vehicle registration plates of Armenia have black characters on a rectangular white background. They are composed of two or three numbers, two letters (smaller than the digits) in the middle, and two (or three) other numbers. By left side is located the international code "AM" with a circular car plaque and, sometimes, the national flag. Starting from the 6th of August 2014 a new design of license plates was implemented. The license plates have a national flag on the left side, a security hologram and a machinery readable Data Matrix Code.

Overview

A private car with an Armenian license plate in Stepanakert (Nagorno-Karabakh). The number "16" indicates that the vehicle is from Gegharkunik Province.

Back view of a police car in Yerevan with an Armenian license plate. The city is indicated by the number "01".

Some police vehicles in Yerevan with Armenian license plates.

In 1992, after the independence of Armenia (due to the collapse of the Soviet Union), the system for the license plates was created.

Five letters of Armenian alphabet (Տ, Ս, Լ, Օ, Ո), which have a similar form in Latin, are used on the plates:

Armenian letters	Transliteration	Latin letters
Լ	l	L
Ո	o	n
Ս	s	U
Տ	t	S
Օ	ô	O

Military vehicles have white characters on a black background.

Regional codes

Area code	Province (Marz)
01 to 11, 13, 19, 61 to 68	Yerevan (city)
12, 27 to 29	Armavir Province
14, 45 to 49	Shirak Province
15, 21 to 24	Aragatsotn Province
16, 31 to 35	Gegharkunik Province
17, 42, 43	Kotayk Province
18, 56	Vayots Dzor Province
25, 26	Ararat Province
36 to 39, 41	Lori Province
51 to 54	Syunik Province
57 to 59	Tavush Province
20, 30, 40, 44, 50, 55, 60, 69 to 99	Individual plates not showing province

Nagorno-Karabakh

Armenian registration plates with region codes 22 and 90 are used in Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (for example, "(AM) 90 SO 123")which is de jure part of Azerbaijan Republic.

See also

• List of international vehicle registration codes

External links

• Armenian page at World License Plates