BBR Plate Number Meaning: Babura, Jigawa
The BBR plate number is registered in Babura Local Government Area, Jigawa. Those three letters record where the vehicle was first put on the road — not who drives it, and not where it is today.
Babura, administered from Babura town, registers vehicles as BBR. Its population was 208,101 at the 2006 census, spread over 992 km² — roughly 210 for every square kilometre. Jigawa State uses twenty-seven codes, one for each of its local government areas.
BBR Plates We Have Checked
Plates carrying the BBR 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BBR-174AA | HONDA CIVIC | Custom | |
| BBR-236AA | OPEL SALON | Custom | |
| BBR-305AA | HONDA ACCORD | CUSTOM | |
| BBR-419AA | MITSUBISHI SPACE WAGON | CUSTOM | |
| BBR-507AA | TOYOTA COROLLA | Custom | |
| BBR-111AA | HONDA ACCORD | Custom | |
| BBR-123AA | HONDA CIVIC | 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.
The District Behind BBR
- Local Government Area
- Babura
- State
- Jigawa
- Headquarters
- Babura
- Population
- 208,101 (2006)
- Area
- 992 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 BBR Code Does and Does Not Tell You
A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so BBR places the paperwork in Babura. 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 BBR plate away from Jigawa 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 BBR plate number
What does the BBR plate number mean?
BBR is the registration code of Babura Local Government Area in Jigawa. 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 BBR plate number from?
Jigawa. The code identifies the local government area — Babura — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.
Codes Next to BBR in Jigawa
Codes either side of BBR in the Jigawa directory.
Have a whole BBR 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.