License plate (Egypt)

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License plate for private vehicles (light blue)
Two-wheel license plate
License plate for trucks (red)
License plate for buses (gray)

The current Egyptian license plates were introduced in mid-2008 and should replace all older plates in the foreseeable future. The new license plates were produced by the German Utsch AG and have a special film with holograms that should make counterfeiting more difficult.
The signs measure 170 mm × 350 mm and are horizontally divided in two. The upper area shows the state name in English and Arabic (EGYPT and Arabic مصر), the color of the background indicates the type of vehicle. The lower part of the license plate shows black writing on a white background. A maximum of four digits appear on the left, and a maximum of three letters on the right, initially in Arabic, including Latin script. The following combinations and colors are used:

colour template Vehicle type
Light Blue Egypt - License Plate - Private Giza.png Private vehicles
orange Egypt - License Plate - Taxi.png Taxis
red Egypt - License Plate - Public Transport.png truck
Gray Egypt - License Plate - Bus.png buses
beige Egypt - License Plate - Commercial.png Tourist buses
green Egypt - License Plate - Diplomatic.png Diplomats
yellow Egypt - License Plate - Customs.png Customs plate
dark blue Egypt - License Plate - Police.png police
template area
000-xxx Cairo
0000-xx Giza
0000-xxx rest of Egypt

Older license plates

Former license plate with indication of origin (C)
License plate from the 1990s
License plate from the 1980s
License plate from the 1970s
Customs registration number issued in Sinai (2004)

Older license plates sometimes show a maximum of three letters on the left edge, which allow the origin of the vehicle to be determined more precisely. The letters encode the corresponding governorate , often based on the English spelling or the corresponding capital.

Abbreviation Governorate
ALX Al-Iskandariyya
AR Schimal Sina
AS Asyut
ASN Aswan
bra Al-Buhaira
BNS Bani Suwaif
C. Al-Qahira
DK Ad-Daqahliyya
DT Dumyat
FYM Al-Fayyum
GH Al-Gharbiyya
GZ Al-Jiza
IS Al-Ismaʿiliyya
KB Al-Qalyubiyya
KFS Kafr el-Sheikh
KN Qina
MN Al-Minufiyya
MT Matruh
PTS Bur Saʿid
RS Al-Bahr al-ahmar
SAL Salum
SHG Sauhaj
SHR Ash-Sharqiyyah
SIN Schimal Sina
SUZ As-Suwais
WAD Al-Wadi al-Jadid

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Utsch produces license plates for Egypt