The Maldives requires its residents to register their motor vehicles and display vehicle registration plates.
Maldivian license plates always had white font on a black base. Until 1984, they showed a number with up to four digits.[1]
In 1984 an additional graphic was placed behind the number and in 1998 letters were added to the numbers.[2]
The current system was introduced in 2003. Background colour, in combination with the first letter on the left denotes the type of vehicle.
| Colour[3] | Prefix |
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P = Private , C = Commercial , G = Government |
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T = Taxi |
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D = Diplomatic |
System
edit| Vehicle Category | Serial letters | Serial number | |
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A1 = Motorcycle, 50cc / invalid carriages. A0 = Motorcycle, 50cc and above. B1 = Light passenger vehicles, seating capacity 9 or less. B2 = Heavy passenger vehicles, seating capacity 10 to 20. B0 = Heavy passenger vehicles, seating above 20. C1 = Light goods vehicles, up to 2 tons. C2 = Medium goods vehicles, more than 2 tons -4 tons. C0 = Heavy goods vehicles, above 4 tons. |
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References
edit- ^ "Maldives Francoplaque Photos".[permanent dead link]
- ^ "License Plates of the Maldives".
- ^ "Maldive license plates". Matriculasdelmundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-03-14.
External links
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Media related to License plates of the Maldives at Wikimedia Commons- License plates of the Maldives at Francoplaque Archived 2020-02-01 at the Wayback Machine
- License plates of the Maldives at Worldlicenseplates
