A Bulgarian license plate from the city of Sofia

A Dobrich Province license plate

The standard Bulgarian license plates consist of a blue vertical strip (the European strip) on the left side of the plate containing the European flag (or the flag of Bulgaria for plates issued prior to 01.01.2007, the date of Bulgaria's accession to the EU) and the country code of Bulgaria (BG), always followed on a white surface, using black font, by the one- or two-letter province code, four digits and a final two-letter code, called a serie. They thus take the form X(X) NNNN YY. Image File history File links Bulgaria-automobile-license-plate. ... Image File history File links Bulgaria-automobile-license-plate. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1459x349, 126 KB) From the German Wikipedia, original author TheFlyingDutchman. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1459x349, 126 KB) From the German Wikipedia, original author TheFlyingDutchman. ... // Introduction A license plate, number plate or registration plate (often referred to simply as a plate, or colloquially tag) is a small metal or plastic plate attached to a motor vehicle for official identification purposes. ... Flag Ratio: 2:3 The European flag consists of a circle of twelve golden stars on a blue background. ... Flag ratio: 2:3 The flag of Bulgaria consists of three equal horizontal bands of white (top), green, and red. ...

The format XX AAAAAA may be used instead the standard one, where A represents either letters or numbers chosen by the owner (a name for example). The price of such a custom plate is €3,500 (BGN7,000), so these are rare. “EUR” redirects here. ... BGN is a TLA of: Bulgarian lev, ISO 4217 code for the currency of Bulgaria United States Board on Geographic Names Business Growth Network (United States, Virginia) - BGN Entrepreneur Bamboo Giant Nursery Brisbane Gaming Network Australia - BGN Home Page Category: ...

Since 1992, the letter license plate codes use letters common to both the Latin and Cyrillic alphabets, no matter whether they have the same phonetic value (as per ISO 3166-2:BG). Thus, letters like "T" and "K" may not be misleading, but using Latin "B" (/b/), "H" (/h/), "P" (/p/), "C" (/s/), "Y" (/i/), "X" (/ks/) to substitute Cyrillic "В" (/v/), "Н" (/n/), "Р" (/r/), "С" (/s/), "У" (/u/), "Х" (/x/) are an example of intentional false friends. The Latin alphabet, also called the Roman alphabet, is the most widely used alphabetic writing system in the world today. ... The Cyrillic alphabet (pronounced also called azbuka, from the old name of the first two letters) is an alphabet used for several East and South Slavic languages—Belarusian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian, Rusyn, Serbian, and Ukrainian—and many other languages of the former Soviet Union, Asia and Eastern Europe. ... ISO 3166-2 codes for Bulgaria. ... False friends are pairs of words in two languages or letters in two alphabets that look or sound similar but differ in meaning. ...

In use are also three other types of plates: NNN T NNN — plate for transit of unregistered vehicle through Bulgaria; NNN H NNN — plate for a new vehicle, not registered yet; NNN B NNN — temporary plate for car dealers. These three types use a white background with black text and a red vertical strip on the right side. Usually, the expiry date is inscribed on the red strip.

Since 2006, all military vehicles' plates are subject to change with the new ones: the letters "BA" (for Bulgarian Army) and 6 digits — the form is BA NNNNNN. The same form is adopted for the new license plates of the Civil Protection Service of Bulgaria, beginning with "CP" (for Civil Protection) followed by 6 digits — CP NNNNNN. On the left side of both kinds of plates there's a blue vertical strip, same as the one described above. The Bulgarian Army (Bulgarian: Българска армия) represents the Armed Forces of the Republic of Bulgaria. ...

List of license plate codes

Additionally, there is a special code for Bulgarian Army and Civil Protection vehicles: Since 1999 Bulgaria is divided into 28 oblasts (provinces or regions) that correspond aproximatly to the 28 okrugs that existet before 1987. ... Burgas Province or oblast (Bulgarian: Област Бургас) is located in southeastern Bulgaria, on the southern Black Sea coast. ... One of Byalas beaches River Kamchiya Cape Galata Varna Pobiti Kamani Euxinograd Aladzha Monastery Golden Sands Chudnite skali on Lake Tsonevo Varna Province (Bulgarian: is a province in northeastern Bulgaria, onе of the 28 Bulgarian provinces. ... Baba Vida fortress in Vidin Vidin Province is the northwesternmost province of Bulgaria. ... Vratsa is a province of north western Bulgaria, neighbouring Romania. ... Veliko Turnovo province shown within Bulgaria Veliko Tarnovo is a province in the middle of the northern part of Bulgaria. ... Position of Sofia in Bulgaria Coordinates: Country Bulgaria Province Sofia-City Government  - Mayor Boyko Borisov Area  - City 1,349 km²  (520. ... Silistra province shown within Bulgaria Silistra is a province of Bulgaria, named for its main city, Silistra. ... Sliven province shown within Bulgaria Sliven is a province in central Bulgaria. ... Smolyan province shown within Bulgaria Smolyan is a province in southern Bulgaria. ... Sofia province shown within Bulgaria Sofia Province is a province (oblast) of Bulgaria. ... Stara Zagora is a province of south central Bulgaria. ... Blagoevgrad Province (Bulgarian: област Благоевград, oblast Blagoevgrad or Благоевградска област, Blagoevgradska oblast), also known as Pirin Macedonia (Bulgarian: Пиринска Македония, Pirinska Makedoniya), is a province (oblast) of southwestern Bulgaria. ... Gabrovo province shown within Bulgaria Gabrovo is a small province lying at the geographical centre of Bulgaria. ... Pleven region shown within Bulgaria Pleven is a province in northern Bulgaria, neighbouring Romania. ... Shumen (Шумен) is a province in northeastern Bulgaria. ... Kurdzhali province shown within Bulgaria Kardzhali (Bulgarian: ; Turkish: ) is a province of southern Bulgaria, neighbouring Greece with the Greek prefectures of Xanthi and Rodhopi to the south and east. ... Kyustendil region shown within Bulgaria Kyustendil is a province of western Bulgaria, neighbouring Republic of Macedonia and Serbia and Montenegro. ... Montana (Монтана) is a province in northwestern Bulgaria, bordering Serbia and Romania. ... Lovech region shown within Bulgaria Lovech is a province in central Bulgaria. ... Ruse region shown within Bulgaria Ruse Province (Bulgarian: , Turkish: Rusçuk) is a province in northern Bulgaria (Ludogorie), neighbouring Romania. ... Pazardzhik is a province located in southern Bulgaria and covers 4,458 km². Ranging from 190 to 370 m above sea level, Pazardzhik is home to 319,358 people (1998). ... Walls of the Hissarya fortress Plovdiv is an oblast, or province, of central Bulgaria, formerly part of Eastern Rumelia. ... Pernik Province is a province in western Bulgaria, neighbouring Serbia. ... Razgrad Province (Област Разград) is a province in northeastern Bulgaria. ... Targovishte province shown within Bulgaria Targovishte (Търговищка област) is a province in central Bulgaria. ... Dobrich province shown within Bulgaria Dobrich Province is a province in northeastern Bulgaria. ... Haskovo Province is a province in southern Bulgaria, neighbouring Greece and Turkey to the southeast. ... Yambol town and province shown within Bulgaria Yambol is a town with province in south eastern Bulgaria, neighbouring Turkey to the south. ...

Diplomatic and consular car number plates are similar to ordinary ones, but are recognizably different in their color: white symbols on a red background without the blue "Europlate" elements. Plates starting with "C" indicate diplomatic status, "CC" indicate consular status, while "CT" is used for cars belonging to other staff of diplomatic representations. Additionally, the first two digits of the numeric group represent the country of the diplomatic or consular mission to which the vehicle belongs. Two smaller digits in the upper right corner denote the expiry year of the plate. The Bulgarian Army (Bulgarian: Българска армия) represents the Armed Forces of the Republic of Bulgaria. ... The overall objectives in the field of Civil Protection are to ensure better protection of people, the environment, economies and infrastructure in the event of major natural or man-made disasters, including accidental marine pollution, chemical spills. ...

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