BEN Plate Number Meaning: Oredo, Edo
The BEN plate number is registered in Oredo 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.
Oredo, run from Benin City, registers as BEN. The 2006 census counted 374,671 residents within 249 km², roughly 1,505 for every square kilometre. Plates issued here appear on cars all over the country, because a code follows the vehicle rather than the buyer's address.
BEN Plates We Have Checked
Plates carrying the BEN 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEN-174AA | VOLKSWAGEN GOLF | DARK BLUE | |
| BEN-236AA | AUDI 80 | RED | |
| BEN-419AA | MERCEDES BENZ V. BOOT | WHITE | |
| BEN-741AA | VOLKSWAGEN AUDI 80 AUDI 80 | WHITE | |
| BEN-853AA | TOYOTA SIENNA | BLUE | |
| BEN-111AA | NISSAN XTERRA | ASH | |
| BEN-222AA | TOYOTA CAMRY | CUSTOM | |
| BEN-123AA | TOYOTA CAMRY | FIRE RED | |
| BEN-987AA | TOYOTA MATRIX | GREY |
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 BEN
- Local Government Area
- Oredo
- State
- Edo
- Headquarters
- Benin City
- Population
- 374,671 (2006)
- Area
- 249 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 BEN Code Does and Does Not Tell You
A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so BEN places the paperwork in Oredo. 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 BEN 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 BEN plate number
What does the BEN plate number mean?
BEN is the registration code of Oredo 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 BEN plate number from?
Edo. The code identifies the local government area — Oredo — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.
Codes Next to BEN in Edo
Codes either side of BEN in the Edo directory.
Have a whole BEN 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.