Vehicle registration plates of Azerbaijan

Vehicle registration plates of Azerbaijan are usually composed of two numbers (identifying the vehicle registration department), a hyphen, two letters, a hyphen and three numbers (e.g. 10-JA-234), the plates are coloured black font on a white background. The plates are the same size as European plates and usually have an Azerbaijani flag and the initials 'AZ' on the left side.

Sample of a current Azerbaijan license plate with RFiD TAG
A plate of the type issued before 2011
Rectangular format (rear) plate. Unlike the rear, the DIN shaped front plate on this car has dashes.

In January 2011, new style plates with a rectangular flag and a microchip were introduced. The Azerbaijan license plate incorporates an RFiD TAG/chip, the RFiD TAG is placed on the lower left corner of the license plate below the Azerbaijan national flag, in most plates the TAG has the "AZ" letters printed on. The TAG may move to the top right corner and lose the "AZ" printing on some of the more squared license plate formats. The colour of the LP still varies depending on the vehicles usage and ownership.

The Portuguese company Porta Saber, Lda is supplying the license plate RFiD TAG and the License Plate RFiD Reading System and Software.

Azerbaijan license plate for public transport with RFiD TAG

Car designations

As with Turkish plates (which in turn adopted a reversed version of the former French license plate system), in Azeri plates the first two digits of the license plate represent the department, followed by a progressive 2-letter and 3-number system (progression starting with AA-001 and ending with ZZ-999). Below is a table of digits and relevant departments (italic means this department is controlled (or mostly-controlled) by Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, bold means this department is a part of Naxçıvan AR):

CodeDepartmentCodeDepartmentCodeDepartment
01Absheron26Xankəndi51Samux
02Ağdam27Xaçmaz52Salyan
03Ağdaş28Xocavənd53Siyəzən
04Ağcabədi29Xızı54Sabirabad
05Ağstafa30İmişli55Şəki
06Ağsu31İsmayıllı56Şamaxı
07Astara32Kəlbəcər57Şəmkir
08Balakən33Kürdəmir58Şuşa
09Bərdə34Qax59Tərtər
10Baku35Qazax60Tovuz
11Beyləqan36Qəbələ61Ucar
12Biləsuvar37Qobustan62Zaqatala
13unused38Qusar63Zərdab
14Cəbrayıl39Qubadlı64Zəngilan
15Cəlilabad40Quba65Yardımlı
16Daşkəsən41Laçın66Yevlax
17Şabran42Lənkəran67Babək
18Shirvan43Lerik68Şərur
19Füzuli44Masallı69Ordubad
20Gəncə45Mingəçevir70Naxçıvan
21Gədəbəy46Naftalan71Şahbuz
22Goranboy47Neftçala72Culfa
23Göyçay48Oğuz85Naxçıvan
24Hacıqabul49Saatlı90Baku
25Göygöl50Sumqayıt99Baku

Types of plates
  • Government Officials - Composed XX-AA-XXX
  • Presidential Administration - Composed XX-PA-XXX
  • President's Secret Service - Composed XX-PM-XXX
  • Trailers - Composed the same way as usual Azerbaijan plates, but with no hyphen.
  • Foreign series - Composed of a letter, three numbers a space and three more numbers.
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