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):

Code	Department	Code	Department	Code	Department
01	Absheron	26	Xankəndi	51	Samux
02	Ağdam	27	Xaçmaz	52	Salyan
03	Ağdaş	28	Xocavənd	53	Siyəzən
04	Ağcabədi	29	Xızı	54	Sabirabad
05	Ağstafa	30	İmişli	55	Şəki
06	Ağsu	31	İsmayıllı	56	Şamaxı
07	Astara	32	Kəlbəcər	57	Şəmkir
08	Balakən	33	Kürdəmir	58	Şuşa
09	Bərdə	34	Qax	59	Tərtər
10	Baku	35	Qazax	60	Tovuz
11	Beyləqan	36	Qəbələ	61	Ucar
12	Biləsuvar	37	Qobustan	62	Zaqatala
13	unused	38	Qusar	63	Zərdab
14	Cəbrayıl	39	Qubadlı	64	Zəngilan
15	Cəlilabad	40	Quba	65	Yardımlı
16	Daşkəsən	41	Laçın	66	Yevlax
17	Şabran	42	Lənkəran	67	Babək
18	Shirvan	43	Lerik	68	Şərur
19	Füzuli	44	Masallı	69	Ordubad
20	Gəncə	45	Mingəçevir	70	Naxçıvan
21	Gədəbəy	46	Naftalan	71	Şahbuz
22	Goranboy	47	Neftçala	72	Culfa
23	Göyçay	48	Oğuz	85	Naxçıvan
24	Hacıqabul	49	Saatlı	90	Baku
25	Göygöl	50	Sumqayıt	99	Baku

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.

External links

• Media related to License plates of Azerbaijan at Wikimedia Commons
• AZ-TR | avtomobil dövlət qeydiyyat nişanı | plaka kodları TarPas kanalında.