The Greek car license plates are composed of three letters and four digits per plate (f.e:AAA-1000).The letters represent the district that issues the plates while the numbers begin from 1000 and reach 9999.The same plates but with digits beginning from 1 and finishing in 999 are issued to motorbikes that exceed 50 c.c. Except Athens and Salonica all other districts are represented by the first 2 letters while the third changes after 8.999 issued plates. For example Patras district plates are AXA-1000, where AX represents the Achaia district in which Patras is the capital.When AXA-9999 is reached the plates turn to AXB-1000 and this continues until AXX is finished.Note that although latin letters are used the series is from the Greek alphabet(A,B,E,Z,H,I,K,M,N,O,P,T,Y,X is the order of the letters) The almost full list of plates in Greece is below(next to the prefecture/district is its capital or an area within the prefecture that the plates are issued;some pefectures have more than one combinations):
- AH Evros prefecture-Alexandroupolis area
- AI Aitoloakarnania prefecture-Agrinio area
- AK Lakonia prefecture-Sparti
- AM Phokida prefecture-Amfissa
- AN Lasithi prefecture-Ag. Nikolaos
- AP Argolida prefecture-Argos
- AT Arta prefecture-Arta
- AX Achaia prefecture-Patras
- BI Viotia prefecture-Livadeia
- BO Magnisia prefecture-Volos
- EE Pella prefecture-Edessa
- EM Kyklades prefecture-Ermoupoli
- EP Serres prefecture-Serres
- Z Athens
- HA Ilia prefecture-Pyrgos
- HK Heraklio prefecture-Heraklio
- HM Imathia prefecture-Veria
- HN Thesprotia prefecture-Igoumenitsa
- HP Heraklio prefecture-Heraklio
- IN Ioannina prefecture-Ioannina
- KA Karditsa prefecture-Karditsa
- KB Kavala prefecture-Kavala
- KE Kefalonia prefecture-Kefalonia
- KZ Kozani prefecture-Kozani
- KH Marked in red;state cars plates
- KI Kilkis prefecture-Kilkis
- KM Kalamata prefecture-Kalamata
- KN Pieria prefecture-Katerini
- KO Thrace prefecture-Komotini area
- KP Korinthos prefecture-Korinthos
- KT Kastoria prefecture-Kastoria
- KY Kerkyra(Corfu) prefecture-Kerkyra
- KX Dodecanese prefecture-Kos
- ME Aitoloakarnania prefecture-Mesologgi
- MH Lesvos prefecture-Limnos
- MI Fthiotida prefecture-Lamia
- MO Samos prefecture-Samos
- MY Lesvos prefecture-Mytilini
- N Thessaloniki(Salonica)
- OP Evros prefecture-Orestiada area
- PA Florina prefecture-Florina
- PE Rethymno prefecture-Rethymno
- PZ Preveza prefecture-Preveza
- PI Thessalia prefecture-Larisa
- PM Drama prefecture-Drama
- PN Grevena prefecture-Grevena
- PO Dodecanese prefecture-Rodos(Rhodes)
- TA New plates for taxis;marked in yellow
- TK Trikala prefecture-Trikala
- TP Tripolis prefecture-Tripolis
- Y Athens
- XA Evia prefecture-Chalkida
- XI Chios prefecture-Chios
- XK Chalkidiki prefecture-Polygyros
- XN Chania prefecture-Chania