APR Plate Number Meaning: Umuahia South, Abia
The APR plate number is registered in Umuahia South Local Government Area, Abia. Those three letters record where the vehicle was first put on the road — not who drives it, and not where it is today.
Vehicles registered in Umuahia South carry APR. About 202,500 people (2022) live across the district's 140 km², some 1,446 for every square kilometre. The code is set when the car first enters the register and only changes if a later owner registers it in a different local government area.
APR Plates We Have Checked
Plates carrying the APR code that our own checks returned data for, most recent first. The make and the colour are shown exactly as the record gave them.
| Plate | Make | Colour | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|
| APR-128AA | Nissan Quest | Custom | |
| APR-236AA | Toyota Sienna | Custom | |
| APR-305AA | Chrysler Car | Custom | |
| APR-419AA | Nissan S/C | Custom | |
| APR-507AA | Toyota Hiace Bus | Custom | |
| APR-628AA | Honda Legend S/Car | Custom | |
| APR-741AA | Audi 80 Sal Car | Custom | |
| APR-853AA | Nissan Pathfinder Jeep | Gold | |
| APR-956AA | M/Benz 190 Sal | Custom | |
| APR-111AA | Daewoo Tacuma | Blue | |
| APR-222AA | Mit L 300 Bus | Custom | |
| APR-123AA | Nissan Primera | Custom |
No holder name appears here, and none ever will: the Federal Road Safety Corps does not release registration holders to the public, so neither do we.
What APR Plates Look Like
Counted from the 13 APR plates we hold. It describes what we have seen, not the vehicle register — and the colour is the paint on the car, which is a different question from the colour of the plate itself. What plate colours mean
The District Behind APR
- Local Government Area
- Umuahia South
- State
- Abia
- Headquarters
- Apumiri
- Population
- 202,500 (2022)
- Area
- 140 km²
Population and area describe the local government area itself and come from public census and geographic data, not from the plate register.
What the APR Code Does and Does Not Tell You
A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so APR places the paperwork in Umuahia South. It does not follow the car afterwards: a vehicle sold across state lines keeps its plate until it is re-registered, which is why a APR plate away from Abia is a question for the seller rather than a finding in itself.
The letters also say nothing about the holder, the model or the history of the vehicle. Colours and special series are a separate system, explained on the code hub; what the car itself has been through — auction lots, damage, mileage at sale — is recorded against its VIN and travels with the car even when the plate changes.
Questions about the APR plate number
What does the APR plate number mean?
APR is the registration code of Umuahia South Local Government Area in Abia. A vehicle wearing it was registered there; the three digits after the letters are its serial inside that LGA, and the last two letters are the series.
Which state is a APR plate number from?
Abia. The code identifies the local government area — Umuahia South — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.
Codes Next to APR in Abia
Codes either side of APR in the Abia directory.
Have a whole APR plate, not just the code?
The lookup takes the full plate and returns the local government area behind it. For the history of the vehicle — auction records, damage, mileage and photographs — check it by VIN.