Saudi Arabia Registration Plates

Search for:

SAUDI ARABIA

المملكة العربية السعودية
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Table 1	letters used	Table 4a	vehi- 1952?-62?	Table 5	1978-96 allocations
Table 2	diplomatic codes	Table 4b	icle 1962?-72	Table 6	known official vehicle types
Table 3	regions -1978	Table 4c	types 1972-78	Table 7	municipalities

Table 2 (diplomatic codes)

Table 3 (regions (emirates) -1978)

Central Regions {Nejd نجد ♦}				Notes:
حائل	Hā’il	(Hā’īl)
بريدة	Al Qaşīm	(Buraydah)		Most local names
عنيزه		<‛Unayzah>	†	on plates are licensing
الرياض	Ar Riyād	([Riyadh])		offices, many of which
Western Regions {Hejaz الحجاز ♦}				are district capitals.
أبها	‛Asīr	(Abhā)
الباحة	Al Bāhah	([Baha])	‡	(...) district capitals
جيزان	Jīzān	(Jīzān)	‡	<...> other known
المدينة	Al Madīnah	([Medina])		licensing offices
مكة	Makkah	([Mecca])		† recorded only
جدة		<Jiddah [Jeddah]>		on motorcycles
الطائف		<Aţ Ţā’if>		‡ district capitals
نجران	Najrān	(Najrān)	‡	not recorded
Eastern Regions {Al Hasa الأحساء ◊}				◊ regions recorded
الشرقية ◊	Ash Sharqīyah	[Eastern Province]		(pre-1962)
الدمام		(Ad Dammām [Dammam])		♦ regions not
الهفوف		<Al Hufūf>		recorded
الجبيل		<Al Jubayl>	†
الخبر		<Al Khobar>	†	It is unlikely that all
القطيف		<Al Qaţīf>	†	these offices and/or
سيهات		<Sayhāt>	†	districts will have
الظهران		<Az Zahrān [Dhahran]>		been issued throughout
Northern Regions {Al Hudūd ash Shamāliyah م الشمااية ◊}				the period up to 1978.
عرعر	Al Hudūd ash Shamāliyah	(‛Ar‛ar)	‡
سكاكا	Al Jawf	(Sakaka)	‡
القريات	Al Qurayyāt	(Al Qurayyāt)	-93
تبوك	Tabūk	(Tabūk)	‡

Table 4a (vehicle types: 1955?-62?) Table 4b (vehicle types: 1962?-72)

Table 5 (1978-96 allocations)

1 - 9999	royalty, wealthy and important persons	السعودية خصوصي
10000 - 99999	export plates	السعودية تصدير
100000 - 999999	Central region	}
1000000 - 1999999	Western region	} (private vehicles)
2000000 - 2999999	Northern region	} السعودية خصوصي
3000000 - 3999999	Eastern region	}
4000000 - 4999999	Central region	}
5000000 - 5999999	Western region	} (trucks)
6000000 - 6999999	Northern region	} السعودية نقل
7000000 - 7999999	Eastern region	}
8000000 - 8999999	taxis	السعودية أجرة
9000000 - 9999999	buses	السعودية حافلة

Table 6 (known official vehicle types)

امارة مكة	Mecca Emirate	Other towns and ministries
امارة منطقة مكّة المكرمة	District Emirate Mecca the Revered	are presumed to have had
وزارة الدفاع منطقة مكّة	Ministry of Defence district Mecca	similar plates
وزارة الإعلام	Ministry of Information
وزارة الداخاية	Ministry of Interior
القضاة رئاسة	Commission on Judicial Supervision
امارة الحدود الشمالية	Northern Borders Emirate
الحرس الوطني	National Guard
الجيش	Army
القوات الجوية المملكة السعودية	The Air Forces of the Saudi Kingdom
الدفاع	Defence (known on a 1950s army motorcycle plate, and what is probably
مشروع الدفاع الحوي	Air Defence Project	an early air force plate)