License plate (Mexico)

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License plate from Mexico City
License plate from the state of Chiapas
License plate from the state of Oaxaca
License plate from the state of Veracruz

License plate from 1969 to 1998

The Mexican license plates used to consist of a combination of letters and numbers that did not contain any reference to regional origin. Under this combination, however, there is a combination of letters in smaller font that indicates the state and the letters MEX for Mexico; earlier also the year of issue.

License plate from 1998 until today

States

The newer license plates introduced in 1998 contain - with the exception of the Federal District - three letters and four digits, which from 1998 were initially affixed to the license plates in the form AAA9999 without any space between them. Hyphens were added later: AAA-99-99. The license plates contain the full name of the state. In addition, the identification number of each state is shown in small lower case in different places on the signs.

Federal District

The current license plates of the Federal District have a 09 as the identification number. They have three digits and three letters, separated by a hyphen, of the type 999-AAA (until 2001: 999 AAA) .

Abbreviation table

State License plate abbreviation 1969–1998 Identification number since 1998 Groups of letters assigned since 1998 1
Aguascalientes Aguascalientes AGS 01 AB, AD
Baja California Baja California BC 02 AG, AH
Baja California Sur Baja California Sur BCS 03 CZ
Campeche Campeche CAMP 04 DF, DG
Chiapas Chiapas CHIS 07 DL, DM, DP
Chihuahua Chihuahua CHIH 08 DW, DY, DZ, ED
Coahuila Coahuila COAH 05 EW, EX, EY, FB
Colima Colima COL 06 FR
Mexico city Federal District DF 09 see above
Durango Durango DGO 10 FY, FZ
Guanajuato Guanajuato GTO 11 GH, GP
Guerrero Guerrero GRO 12 GZ, HE
Hidalgo Hidalgo HGO 13 HH, HJ, HK
Jalisco Jalisco YAL 14th HY
México (state) México MEX 15th LK, LR, MD
Michoacan Michoacan ME 16 PF, PH, PL
Morelos Morelos MOR 17th PV, PW
Nayarit Nayarit NAY 18th RE
Nuevo León Nuevo León NL 19th RR, RU, RY, SF
Oaxaca Oaxaca OAX 20th TH, TJ, TK
Puebla Puebla PUE 21st TS, TU
Querétaro Querétaro QRO 22nd UK, UL, UM, UN
Quintana Roo Quintana Roo Q.ROO and QR 23 UR, US, UT, UV
San Luis Potosí San Luis Potosí SLP 24 UX, UY, UZ, VA
Sinaloa Sinaloa SIN 25th VG, VH
Sonora Sonora SON 26th VT, VV, VX
Tabasco Tabasco TAB 27 WL, WP
Tamaulipas Tamaulipas TAMPS 28 WY, WZ, XA, XC
Tlaxcala Tlaxcala TLAX 29 XT, XU
Veracruz Veracruz VER 30th XY, XZ, YB, YC, YD
Yucatan Yucatan YUC 31 YW, YX, YZ
Zacatecas Zacatecas ZAC 32 ZE, ZF

1 Indication of the first two letters

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