Plate code

AUC Plate Number Meaning: Etsako-West, Edo

The AUC plate number is registered in Etsako-West Local Government Area, Edo. Those three letters record where the vehicle was first put on the road — not who drives it, and not where it is today.

Nigerian number plate with the AUC code — Etsako-West, Edo
A plate issued in Etsako-West carries the AUC code. The characters after it are a sample, not a real registration.

AUC marks Etsako West, administered from Auchi. Around 197,609 people lived across its 946 km² in 2006, about 209 to the square kilometre. The letters are the geographic part of the plate; the digits and closing pair belong to the individual vehicle.

AUC Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the AUC 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
AUC-128AA MERCEDES BENZ E230 DARK BLUE
AUC-236AA VOLKWAGEN GOLF DARK BLUE
AUC-305AA V/WAGEN AUDI 80 RED
AUC-507AA TOYOTA COROLLA BLACK
AUC-628AA TOYOTA AVENSIS LIGHT GREEN
AUC-741AA MITSUBISHI CARISMA GREEN
AUC-111AA TOYOTA CAMRY GREY
AUC-222AA TOYOTA SIENNA ASH
AUC-123AA MERCEDES BENZ 190E BLACK

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.

The District Behind AUC

Local Government Area
Etsako-West
State
Edo
Headquarters
Auchi
Population
197,609 (2006)
Area
946 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 AUC Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so AUC places the paperwork in Etsako-West. 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 AUC plate away from Edo 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 AUC plate number

What does the AUC plate number mean?

AUC is the registration code of Etsako-West Local Government Area in Edo. 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 AUC plate number from?

Edo. The code identifies the local government area — Etsako-West — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.

Have a whole AUC 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.