46 license plate code: Kahramanmaraş

46 Kahramanmaraş: region, area code and neighbours

Kahramanmaraş is a province in Türkiye’s Mediterranean Region. Vehicle plate code: 46. Landline area code: 0344. Provinces sharing a land border (7): Adana (01), Adıyaman (02), Gaziantep (27), Kayseri (38), Malatya (44), Sivas (58), Osmaniye (80).

Why is Kahramanmaraş number 46?

Code 46 dates from 1962, when plate codes were assigned to the provinces of the time in alphabetical order of their Turkish names. At the time the province was called Maraş; it was renamed Kahramanmaraş in 1973.

Turkey License Plate Codes

• 22 Edirne
• 23 Elazığ
• 24 Erzincan
• 25 Erzurum
• 26 Eskişehir
• 27 Gaziantep
• 28 Giresun
• 29 Gümüşhane
• 30 Hakkâri
• 31 Hatay
• 32 Isparta
• 33 Mersin
• 34 Istanbul
• 35 İzmir
• 36 Kars
• 37 Kastamonu
• 38 Kayseri
• 39 Kırklareli
• 40 Kırşehir
• 41 Kocaeli
• 42 Konya
• 43 Kütahya
• 44 Malatya
• 45 Manisa
• 46 Kahramanmaraş
• 47 Mardin
• 48 Muğla
• 49 Muş
• 50 Nevşehir
• 51 Niğde
• 52 Ordu
• 53 Rize
• 54 Sakarya
• 55 Samsun
• 56 Siirt
• 57 Sinop
• 58 Sivas
• 59 Tekirdağ
• 60 Tokat
• 61 Trabzon
• 62 Tunceli
• 63 Şanlıurfa
• 64 Uşak
• 65 Van
• 66 Yozgat
• 67 Zonguldak
• 68 Aksaray
• 69 Bayburt

How to use

1. 1Type a plate number (e.g. 34) or a province name in the search box.
2. 2The table filters instantly to show the plate code, province, region and area code.
3. 3Open a province to see its neighbouring provinces and their plate codes.

How Turkish plate codes were assigned

The two digits at the start of a Turkish number plate identify the province where the vehicle is registered. Codes 01 to 67 were given to the provinces in alphabetical order at the time: 01 Adana, 06 Ankara, 34 Istanbul, 35 Izmir and so on. Provinces created later received the next free numbers in order of creation, from 68 Aksaray to 81 Düzce. That is why Aksaray, Karaman, Kırıkkale, Batman, Şırnak, Bartın, Ardahan, Iğdır, Yalova, Karabük, Kilis, Osmaniye and Düzce sit outside the alphabetical sequence.

What the table shows

For each province you get the plate code, the province name, its geographical region (Marmara, Aegean, Mediterranean, Central Anatolia, Black Sea, Eastern Anatolia or Southeastern Anatolia) and its landline area code. Istanbul has two area codes, 212 for the European side and 216 for the Asian side. Each province page also links to the provinces it borders, which helps travellers and researchers place an unfamiliar plate on the map.

Reading a Turkish number plate

After the province code comes a group of one to three letters and a serial number, e.g. 34 ABC 123. The letter series is distributed within the province by the registering office and does not reveal anything about the owner. Rental cars in tourist areas such as Antalya (07) or Muğla (48) often carry plates from where the rental company is based, so the code shows the place of registration, not necessarily where the car is driven.

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