Vehicle registration plates of Kazakhstan

Plate for private vehicles

Plate for non-private vehicles

The current format of Vehicle registration plates of Kazakhstan uses black letters on a white background with a Kazakh Flag and the country code KZ on the left. The two digit area code is located on the square located on the right and the rest of the plate follows the format 111AAA. This format was introduced in 2011 and was implemented from August 2012.

Design until August 2012

Vehicle registration plate of Kazakhstan for Almaty

Plate for non-private vehicles

This format of Vehicle registration plates of Kazakhstan used black letters on a white background. Each registration plate consisted of a single letter identifying the area and three digits and two letters identifying the non-individual car (for example: A 001 AA) or of a single letter identifying the area and three digits and three letters identifying the individual car (for example: A 585 CUO)

Special registration plates also exist. Cars registered to non-Kazakh individuals and organizations have registration plates with black letters on a yellow background. Diplomatic vehicles use registration plates with white letters on a red background.

Regional codes

New Area Code	Old Area Code	City/Area
01	Z	Astana
02	A	Almaty
03	C, O, W	Akmola Province
04	D	Aktobe Province
05	B, V	Almaty Province
06	E	Atyrau Province
07	L	West Kazakhstan Province
08	H	Zhambyl Province
09	K, M	Karagandy Province
10	P, W	Kostanay Province
11	N	Kyzylorda Province
12	R	Mangystau Province
13	X	South Kazakhstan Province
14	S	Pavlodar Province
15	O, T	North Kazakhstan Province
16	F, U	East Kazakhstan Province
17	-	reserved
18	-	reserved
19	-	reserved
20	-	reserved

Codes on government plates

Code	Organisation
01	President
02	Prime Minister
03	Mazhilis
04	Senate
05	Secretary of State
AV, AST	Government and administration, senators
SK	Presidential Security ("Security Kazakhstan")
NS	National security
АС (AW*, KP*)	Ministry of Internal Affairs
SP*	Tax Police (Salyk policijasy)
ТC*	Custom Committee
VP*	Almaty municipal car
PK*	General Prosecutor
АА	Akym (Head of the region)
1	Akym (Head of the region)
2-120	Akym of the city (and their office)

Codes on Soviet era plates

Suffix	City/Province
АК	Akmola Province
АП	Alma-Ata Province
АТ	Alma-Ata
АЮ	Aktobe Province
ВА	East Kazakhstan Province
ВК	East Kazakhstan Province
ГУ	Atyrau Province
ГТ	Atyrau Province
ДЖ	Jambyl Province
ДК	Jezkazgan Province
ЗК	West Kazakhstan Province
КЗ	Kyzylorda Province
КТ	Kokshetau Province
КЩ	Kostanay Province
МШ	Mangystau Province
НЖ	Kostanay Province
ПА	Pavlodar Province
СК	North Kazakhstan Province
СП	Sempalatinsk Province
ТГ	Torgay Province
ТК	Taldykorgan Province
УТ	West Kazakhstan Province
ЦЛ	Akmola Province
ЧМ	South Kazakhstan Province
ША	Atyrau Province
ЮК	South Kazakhstan Province

External links

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