Vehicle registration plates of the United Arab Emirates

Vehicle registration plate
Vehicle registration plate
A vehicle registration plate is a metal or plastic plate attached to a motor vehicle or trailer for official identification purposes. The registration identifier is a numeric or alphanumeric code that uniquely identifies the vehicle within the issuing region's database...

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United Arab Emirates
The United Arab Emirates, abbreviated as the UAE, or shortened to "the Emirates", is a state situated in the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia on the Persian Gulf, bordering Oman, and Saudi Arabia, and sharing sea borders with Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and Iran.The UAE is a...

come under the jurisdiction of each of the country's seven emirates and each of them have their unique plate numbering design and system.

Fundamental design and Range Description

Each emirate has its own vehicle registration plate design.

United Arab Emirates vehicle registration plates
Emirate	Image	Description and Range (applies to current version)
Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi (emirate) Abu Dhabi, officially the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, , is one of seven emirates that constitute the United Arab Emirates . It is the capital of UAE and is the largest emirate by area , and second-largest by population , accounting for approximately 86% of the total land area of the UAE...		Abu Dhabi license plates can either have Red, Blue, Green or Grey bands on left or middle sides, or feature one of the numbers 5, 6, 10 and 11 in red bands on top or left side. Numbers contain maximum 5 digits.
Ajman Ajman Ajman , also spelt Ujman, is one of the seven emirates constituting the United Arab Emirates . With an area of just 260 square kilometres , Ajman is the smallest emirate by area...		Ajman license plates can have one of the letters: A and B. Numbers contain maximum 5 digits.
Dubai Dubai Dubai is a city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates . The emirate is located south of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula and has the largest population with the second-largest land territory by area of all the emirates, after Abu Dhabi...		Dubai license plates can either have one of the letters: A to Z, or be a white plate. Numbers contain maximum 5 digits.
Fujairah Fujairah Fujairah is one of the seven emirates that make up the United Arab Emirates, and the only one on the Gulf of Oman in the country's east instead of Persian Gulf .-History:...		Fujairah license plates can either have one of the letters: A to E, or be a white plate. Numbers contain maximum 5 digits.
Ras al Khaimah		Ras al-Khaimah license plates can either have one of the letters: A, C, D, I, M, V, or Y, be a white plate, or feature a fort on the top side of the plate. Numbers contain maximum 5 digits.
Sharjah		Sharjah license plates can either contain one of the numbers: 1 and 2, or either be an orange or a white plate. Numbers contain maximum 5 digits.
Umm al Quwain		Umm al-Quwain license plates can either have one of the letters: A, B and G, or be a white plate. Numbers contain maximum 5 digits.

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