BDA Plate Number Meaning: Bida, Niger
The BDA plate number is registered in Bida Local Government Area, Niger. Those three letters record where the vehicle was first put on the road — not who drives it, and not where it is today.
BDA belongs to Bida, run from Bida town. About 266,008 people were recorded there in 2006 across 1,698 km², some 157 to the square kilometre. A code is fixed at first registration and follows the vehicle through every later sale.
BDA Plates We Have Checked
Plates carrying the BDA 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BDA-128AA | Toyota Camry | Custom | |
| BDA-174AA | FORD RANGER | CUSTOM | |
| BDA-236AA | Toyota Camry | Custom | |
| BDA-305AA | Honda Civic | Custom | |
| BDA-419AA | PEUGEOT 406 | CUSTOM | |
| BDA-507AA | Honda Cr-V | Custom | |
| BDA-628AA | Toyota Corolla | Custom | |
| BDA-853AA | TOYOTA COROLLA | CUSTOM | |
| BDA-956AA | PEUGEOT 406 | CUSTOM | |
| BDA-111AA | TOYOTA COROLLA | CUSTOM | |
| BDA-222AA | Toyota Carina | Custom | |
| BDA-987AA | C-Class | 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 BDA Plates Look Like
Counted from the 12 BDA 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 BDA
- Local Government Area
- Bida
- State
- Niger
- Headquarters
- Bida
- Population
- 266,008 (2006)
- Area
- 1,698 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 BDA Code Does and Does Not Tell You
A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so BDA places the paperwork in Bida. 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 BDA plate away from Niger 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 BDA plate number
What does the BDA plate number mean?
BDA is the registration code of Bida Local Government Area in Niger. 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 BDA plate number from?
Niger. The code identifies the local government area — Bida — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.
Codes Next to BDA in Niger
Codes either side of BDA in the Niger directory.
Have a whole BDA 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.