Kazakh vehicle registration plates start with a letter
indicating the district of registration
(followed by their main towns in parentheses, to aid location):
- A - Alma-Ata (Almaty) city
- B - Alma-Ata (Almaty)
- C - Akmolinsk (Akmolinsk)
- D - Aktyubinsk (Aktyubinsk)
- E - Atyrau (Atyrau)
- F - Vostochno-Kazakhstan (Ust-Kemenogorsk)
- H - Zhambyl (Zhambyl)
- K - Zhezkazgan (Zhezkazgan)
- L - Zapadno-Kazakhstan (Uralsk)
- M - Karaganda (Karaganda)
- N - Kzyl-Orda (Kzyl-Orda)
- O - Kokshetau (Kokshetau)
- P - Kustanay (Kustanay)
- R - Mangistau (Ak-Tau)
- S - Pavlodar (Pavlodar)
- T - Severo-Kazakhstan (Petropavlovsk)
- U - Semipalatinsk (Semipalatinsk)
- V - Taldykorgan (Taldykorgan)
- W - Turgay (Arkanyk)
- X - Yuzhno-Kazakhstan (Shimkent)