Belarusian vehicle registration plates are currently composed of four digits, two letters and another digit (e.g. 1234 AB-5). The first of the letters and the final digit indicate the

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Belarus Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by ...

in which the car was registered. Vehicles owned by foreign companies use black-on-yellow plates, and the numbers and letters appear in a different order (e.g. M 1223). The diplomatic series uses white letters on a red background, also in a different order from standard plates (e.g. CD 1234-5).

History

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registration plates for Belarus carried a pair of two-digit numbers followed by letters in

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(e.g. 12 34 MББ). Following independence in 1992, the format of Belarusian registration plates became red characters — four digits and two letters on a white background — with the national crest in the centre, separating the digits from the letters TX used on registered vehicles driven in foreign countries.

Car registration

The letters used on Belarusian registration plates today are confined to those appearing in both the Cyrillic and

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s. On current Belarusian registration plates, the first letter, as well as the final digit*, indicates where the car was registered: * 1 -

Brest Region Brest Region or Brest Oblast or Brest Voblasts ( be, Брэ́сцкая во́бласць ''(Bresckaja vobłasć)''; russian: Бре́стская о́бласть (''Brestskaya Oblast)'') is one of the regions of Belarus. Its administrative cen ...

* 2 -

Vitebsk Region Vitebsk Region or Vitebsk Oblast or Viciebsk Voblasts ( be, Ві́цебская во́бласць, ''Viciebskaja voblasć'', ; rus, Ви́тебская о́бласть, Vitebskaya oblast, ˈvʲitʲɪpskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a region ( oblas ...

* 3 - Gomel Region * 4 -

Grodno Region Grodno Region ( pl, Grodzieńszczyzna) or Grodno Oblast or Hrodna Voblasts ( be, Гродзенская вобласць, ''Hrodzienskaja vobłasć'', , ''Haradzienščyna''; russian: Гродненская область, ''Grodnenskaya oblast' ...

* 5 -

Minsk Region Minsk Region or Minsk Oblast or Minsk Voblasts ( be, Мі́нская во́бласць, ''Minskaja voblasć'' ; russian: Минская о́бласть, ''Minskaya oblast'') is one of the regions of Belarus. Its administrative center is Minsk ...

* 6 -

Mogilev Region Mogilev Region or Mogilev Oblast or Mahiliow Voblasts ( be, link=no, Магілёўская вобласць; ''Mahiloŭskaja voblasć''; russian: link=no, Могилёвская область; ''Mogilyovskaya Oblast''), is a region ('' oblast' ...

* 7 -

Minsk Minsk ( be, Мінск ; russian: Минск) is the capital and the largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach (Berezina), Svislach and the now subterranean Nyamiha, Niamiha rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative stat ...

(city) In the case of the letters, it is the first letter that indicates the region in which the car was registered, the second being taken from the series A, B, C, E, I, K, M, H, P, O, T, X: * A Brest * B Vitebsk * C Grodno * E Gomel * HA, HB, HC, HE, HH, HI, HM, HO, HP, HT, HX Gomel * HK Minsk * IA, IB, IC, IE, IH, II Brest * IK, IM, IO, IT, IX Vitebsk * IP Minsk (city) * K, M Minsk (city) * O, P Minsk (region) * T Mogilev * XA, XB, XC, XE, XH, XI Grodno * XK Minsk (city) * XM, XO, XP, XT, XX Mogilev

Special plates

*D1 2345 -

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corps *K -

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s *M - Vehicle belonging to embassies, consulates, international organizations, banks and companies, foreign persons without citizenship. ''(Note that these kind of registration plates have black characters on a yellow background)'' *Motorcycles and tractors typically have smaller registration plates. *The order of characters for truck registrations is: one letter, four digits, a second letter, and a final digit (e.g. A 1234A-5).

External links

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