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Except Athens and Thessaloniki (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. The letters used are only from the intersection between the Latin and Greek Alphabet s, namely A, B, E, Z, H, I, K, M, N, O, P, T, Y, X (in Greek alphabetical order), however Greek B, H, P, and X don't have the same meaning as in the English alphabet. The combinations used for overseas residents are L-DDDD (where L = letter and D = digit) and are limitedly used. Some vehicles (e.g. sport utility vehicles) and tractors are not part of this system; they are given DDDDD. Until 2003 , taxis used L-DDDD; the plate was aligned with the prefecture and the letters were colored red. HISTORY When license plates were introduced to Greece , they were numbered and in the 1960s , the system was DDD-DDD. They became lettered and the system was LL-DDDD while trucks used L-DDDD until the 1980s , when they changed to LLL-DDDD and now use this present system. CAR DESIGNATIONS In Greek alphabetical order The first 2 letters (which are listed below) of a licence plate usually represent the Prefecture (nomos) where the car was registered. 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 prefectures have more than one combination):
Special plates Vehicles that belong to public services and armed forces use special license plates with the following letter combinations followed by numbers:
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