License plate (Indonesia)

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The Indonesian license plates are still based on the administrative division of the country at the time of Dutch colonial rule . The first or the first two letters stand for the provinces of the time , followed by up to four digits, optionally followed by up to two, in Jakarta also three, further letters.

License plate from Indonesia
Temporary license plate
Yogyakarta
License plate Indonesia (Jakarta) with 3 letters

Normal (civil) license plates have white or silver-gray writing on a black background, although there is a wide variety of designs, including letters and numbers from color-changing LEDs. Dealer or transfer license plates have red lettering on a white background, license plates of public administration vehicles have white or silver-gray lettering on a red background. Taxis, buses, and some other commercial transport vehicles have a yellow baseplate with black lettering; unlike the other license plates listed above, these can also have a small metal plate. What all these indicators have in common is that they have a tax-related expiry date (month • year in two digits each) in a second line in smaller font. Diplomatic license plates are white with black letters and always begin with the letters CD , followed by two groups of digits. A special feature are the hallmarks of high government representatives, who have the color scheme of normal civil numbers , but instead of the code letter for a province have the letter sequence RI for Republic of Indonesia and then a short sequence of digits without any further letters.

Diplomatic license plate Indonesia
Taxi license plate Indonesia

The characteristics of the police and the military are designed completely differently . They have different basic colors and are generally structured in such a way that a number is given in Roman numerals on one line and a sequence of digits interrupted by a hyphen in a second line; the top line may be missing in the case of newer license plates. The Roman numerals are sometimes replaced by a star. To the left of the numbers is the coat of arms of the police force or the armed forces.

Military plate Indonesia
Geographical allocation of the Indonesian license plates

The regional distinctive signs

Distinctive signs Province or administrative unit
A. Banten , except for Tangerang
AA Central Java : Kedu
FROM Yogyakarta special region
AD Central Java : Surakarta
AE East Java : Madiun
AG East Java : Kediri
B. Jakarta , Tangerang , Depok , Bekasi
BA Western Sumatra
BB western north Sumatra
BD Bengkulu
BE Lampung
BG South Sumatra
bra Jambi
BK Eastern North Sumatra
BL Aceh special region
BM Riau
BN Bangka Belitung
BP Riau Islands
D. West Java : Bandung
THERE South Kalimantan
DB North Sulawesi
DC West Sulawesi
DD South Sulawesi : Makassar
DE Maluku
DF formerly: East Timor
DG North Maluku
DH Eastern Nusa Tenggara: Indonesian part of West Timor
DK Bali
DL North Sulawesi : Sangihe
DM North Sulawesi: Gorontalo
DN Central Sulawesi
DP Northern South Sulawesi
DR Western Nusa Tenggara: Lombok
DS formerly: Papua (Irian Jaya)
DT Southeast Sulawesi
DW Central South Sulawesi
E. West Java : Cirebon
EA Western Nusa Tenggara: Sumbawa
EB Eastern Nusa Tenggara: Flores , Alor , Lembata
ED Eastern Nusa Tenggara: Sumba
F. West Java : Bogor
G Central Java : Pekalongan
H Central Java : Semarang
K Central Java : Pati
KB West Kalimantan
KH Central Kalimantan
KT East Kalimantan
KU Northern Kalimantan
L. East Java : Surabaya
M. East Java : Madura
N East Java : Malang , Batu
P East Java : Besuki
PA Papua
PB West Papua
R. Central Java : Banyumas
S. East Java : Bojonegoro , Mojokerto
T West Java : Purwakarta
W. East Java : Sidoarjo , Gresik
Z West Java : Garut , Tasikmalaya

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