# Thailand license plate: Diplomatic

> The Thailand diplomatic license plate: format 9999, for example 4321, documented since 2011, car and motorcycle.

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Part of [Thailand license plates](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/thailand) (21 registration series).

![Thailand license plate, Diplomatic (documented since 2011)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/th/th-diplomatic-2011/thailand-license-plate-diplomatic.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `9999` (9 any digit) |
| Years | ~2011 → today (documented from 2011; the format is likely older) |
| Class | diplomatic |
| Issued for | car, motorcycle |
| Plate size | 387 × 110 mm |
| Other sizes | 270 × 90 mm: motorcycles of the same persons — ข้อ ๓ (๑) (ง) ๑) |
| Colours | background #FFFFFF; characters #000000 |
| Checking a registration | The format above is broad: a registration that fits it has the right shape, which does not show that this series issued it. |
| Series id | `th-diplomatic-2011` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/thailand/diplomatic-2011) |

ท tracks ทูต, "diplomat", and the white ground alone separates it from the light-blue consular fleet. The numerals code the sending country — a list never published. Bangkok taxis also famously run under ท; layout and colour, not the letter, tell them apart.

| Code | Stands for | English |
|---|---|---|
| `ท` | คณะผู้แทนทางการทูต | diplomatic corps |

Sources:

- [ข้อ ๓ (๑) (ค) ๑)-๓) 11 x 38.7 cm, three sections, the bar, numbers 1-9999, and the four corps letters; ข้อ ๓ (๑) (ง) the 9 x 27 cm motorcycle variant; ข้อ ๓ (๒) (ช) 'รถยนต์และรถจักรยานยนต์ส่วนบุคคลของบุคคลในคณะผู้แทนทางการทูต ให้พื้นแผ่นป้ายใช้สีขาวสะท้อนแสง โดยให้ตัวอักษร ตัวเลข และขีดใช้สีดำ'](https://web.archive.org/web/20171113165614/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2554/A/045/6.PDF)

## About this plate

DIPLOMATIC CORPS (คณะผู้แทนทางการทูต), letter ท, black on retroreflective WHITE.

## About the format

Three sections. LEFT, two lines: line 1 the Thai letter ท; line 2 the Arabic country/organisation code. MIDDLE: a longitudinal dash 1.1 cm x 4 cm with the ขส roundel above it. RIGHT: the registration number in Arabic numerals, 7.2 cm high, running 1 to 9999. The pattern is the registration number.

## Use it

- Plate image (SVG): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/th/th-diplomatic-2011.svg
- Make it with your own text: https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plate-generator/thailand?series=th-diplomatic-2011
- API: `GET https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/th` returns this series as the entry with `"id": "th-diplomatic-2011"` (https://vehiclesdb.com/api)

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