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(Republic of China)
(Formosa)
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CURRENT SERIES
(a) Most vehicles have plates sized 380×150 mm, whilst motorcycle plates are 220×100 mm. From 1st January 2007 the name of the registration centre no longer appears across the top of the plate. The various types are not fully understood but the following colours and formats are used:
black on white |
cars (including police and others) |
4 num., 2 letters (from QG) |
white on green |
motorcycles, scooters < 50 cc |
3 letters, 3 numerals |
black on white |
motorcycles, scooters > 50 cc |
3 letters, 3 numerals |
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3 numerals, 3 letters |
red on white |
taxis |
1 letter, 1 num., 3 num. |
white on red |
privately owned tourist coaches |
2 letters, 3 numerals |
white on red |
priv. owned tourist motorcycles |
2 letters, 2 numerals |
black on yellow |
tourist coaches |
2 letters, 3 numerals |
white on green |
state owned buses, heavy trucks |
2 letters, 3 numerals |
green on white |
medium trucks |
2 letters, 3 numerals |
In addition to their normal plates taxis, trucks, buses and coaches have the number repeated on both sides whilst, in addition, trucks had it in large characters on the rear and taxis in the rear window.
It is unclear whether the plate with a single western letter at the top is a government plate or merely a sample plate. |
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(b) Military vehicles have the prefix 軍, one or two numerals, a hyphen and up to five numerals in white stencilled onto the bodywork of the vehicle. Staff cars usually have plates which are white on green or, more recently, white on light blue, with the prefix followed by a numeral or a letter, a hyphen and a serial number. |
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(c) Temporary paper plates exist and are placed inside the rear window: in red on white a serial number is prefixed by the ideogram 臨.
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(d) Diplomatic vehicles have black on white plates with a four digit number prefixed by the characters 外 (“foreign country”) in black on a yellow panel. Nothing further is known about this series.
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FORMER SERIES
(p) From 1992 until 2006 vehicle plates were the same as the current series except that the name of the registration county or city appeared in full (see Table 1) across the top of the plate. The various types were not fully understood but the following colours and formats were used:
black on white |
cars (including police and others) |
2 letters, 4 numerals |
black on white |
cars 96- |
1 letter, 1 num., 4 num. |
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1 num., 1 letter, 4 num. |
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4 num,, 2 letters (to QF) |
black on white |
motorcycles, scooters > 50 cc |
3 letters, 3 numerals |
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1 num., 2 letter, 3 num. |
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1 ltr, 1 num, 1 ltr, 3 num. |
red on white |
taxis |
2 letters, 3 numerals |
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1 letter, 1 num., 3 num. |
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as in paragraph (a) |
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Table 1 (district codes -2007)
章化所 |
Changhua |
(Changhua ) |
澎湖所 |
P’enghu |
(Makung) |
嘉義所 |
Chiai † |
(Chiai) |
屏東所 |
P’ingtung |
(P’ingtung) |
新竹所 |
Hsinchu † |
(Hsinchu) |
台中市 |
T’aichung † |
city |
花蓮所 |
Hualien |
(Hualien) |
台中所 |
T’aichung |
(Fengyüan) |
宜蘭所 |
Ilan |
(Ilan) |
台南市 |
T’ainan † |
city |
高雄市 |
Kaohsiung † |
city |
台南所 |
T’ainan |
(Hsinying) |
高雄所 |
Kaohsiung |
(Fengshan) |
台北市 |
T’aipei † |
city |
基隆市 |
Chilung |
city |
台北所 |
T’aipei |
(Panch’iao) |
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台东 所 |
T’aitung |
(T’aitung) |
苗栗所 |
Miaoli |
(Miaoli) |
桃園所 |
T’aoyüan † |
(T’aoyüan) |
南投所 |
Nant’ou |
(Nant’ou) |
雲林所 |
Yunlin |
(Touliu) |
Note: † it has been reported that since 1996 only these codes have been used.
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