Vehicle registration plates of Cambodia

Cambodian vehicle license plates are the license plates attached to most motorized road vehicles in Cambodia, which are required by law. Cambodian license plates display the name of the province where the vehicle was registered. The owner must register the car in the province they live; this can be a different province from where the owner has his official residence (as shown in the housing register). If the title to the car is transferred to someone else, and the new owner lives in a different province, the number usually changes.

Types

Common types

The current Cambodian vehicle license plate format, used since April 1, 2004, has one class number, one or two letters of Latin alphabet, four numbers (from 0001 to 9999) and the name of the province in Khmer in which the car was registered at the top and at the bottom in English. (Ex. រតនគិរី 2D-0008 RATANAKIRI; ព្រះសីហនុ 2D-0088 PREAH SIHANOUK; ភ្នំពេញ 2D-0888 PHNOM PENH; ប.មានជ័យ 2D-8888 BANTEAY MEANCHEY).

Cambodian car license plate (current style), from a bus registered in Phnom Penh
Class Plate color Text color First number
Motorcycles White Black 1
1–7 seats private automobile* White Black 2
Private automobile with more than 7 seats** Black White 3
Agricultural vehicle Green Yellow 4
Engineering vehicle Orange Black 5
Truck trailer White Black 7
Special vehicle White Black 9

* Most 4-door pickups are included in this type.
** Usually a van or a lorry with more than seven seats.

There are plans to add another letter after the license plate numbers of Phnom Penh are full. For example, it starts from "1 AA 0001" to "1 AA 9999", then starts at "1 AB 0001", and continues again. In Phnom Penh, the motorcycle plate already started in 2012.

Special plates

TSNR 2021There are special plates for auction in Cambodia. Special plates have an appropriate number from 301 numerals and are assigned to 1–7 seat private automobiles. They have black text, in contrast to the white background of typical plates.

Police
License plate of the Cambodian police

Cars owned by the police get the red plate with "នគរបាល" as the province of registration.

Embassy and consulate
CD License plate

Embassy and consulate vehicles have their own license plates with a yellow background and blue text.

Royal vehicles

The royal family's license plate has two yellow letters in Khmer script (រន) and three yellow numbers on a blue plate.

Temporary plates

Until 1993, new cars not yet getting the real plate get the five-digit number plate.

When people use registered cars temporarily outside Cambodia, they may have English temporary plates. The English plates are the same number as the real plates and used for that car only. The plate has the province name in English at the bottom, instead of in Khmer. Today this is used for every car.

Location names

Cambodian license plates use the Khmer name of the province where its owner (a person or company) is located or registered.

Province Name on plate
Khmer English
Banteay Meanchey ប.មានជ័យ BANTEAY MEANCHEY
Battambang បាត់ដំបង BATTAMBANG
Kampong Cham កំពង់ចាម KAMPONG CHAM
Kampong Chhnang កំពង់ឆ្នាំង KAMPONG CHHNANG
Kampong Speu កំពង់ស្ពឺ KAMPONG SPEU
Kampong Thom កំពង់ធំ KAMPONG THOM
Kampot កំពត KAMPOT
Kandal កណ្ដាល KANDAL
Kep កែប KEP
Koh Kong កោះកុង KOH KONG
Kratié ក្រចេះ KRATIE
Mondulkiri មណ្ឌលគិរី MONDULKIRI
Oddar Meanchey ឧ.មានជ័យ ODDAR MEANCHEY
Pailin ប៉ែលិន PAILIN
Phnom Penh ភ្នំពេញ PHNOM PENH
Preah Vihear ព្រះវិហារ PREAH VIHEAR
Preah Sihanouk ព្រះសីហនុ PREAH SIHANOUK
Prey Veng ព្រៃវែង PREY VENG
Pursat ពោធិ៍សាត់ PURSAT
Ratanakiri រតនគិរី RATANAKIRI
Siem Reap សៀមរាប SIEM REAP
Stung Treng ស្ទឹងត្រែង STUNG TRENG
Svay Rieng ស្វាយរៀង SVAY RIENG
Takéo តាកែវ TAKEO
Tboung Khmum ត្បូងឃ្មុំ TBOUNG KHMUM

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