BLD Plate Number Meaning: Barkin-Ladi, Plateau
The BLD plate number is registered in Barkin-Ladi Local Government Area, Plateau. Those three letters record where the vehicle was first put on the road — not who drives it, and not where it is today.
BLD belongs to Barkin Ladi, whose seat is the town of the same name. About 175,267 people were recorded there in 2006 across 1,032 km², some 170 to the square kilometre. A code is fixed at first registration and follows the vehicle through every later sale.
BLD Plates We Have Checked
Plates carrying the BLD 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLD-236AA | VOLKSWAGEN SEAT ALHAMBRA | LIGHT BLUE | |
| BLD-305AA | VOLKSWAGEN VENTO | RED | |
| BLD-507AA | MERCEDES-BENZ 190 | BROWN | |
| BLD-741AA | PEUGEOT 504 | ASH | |
| BLD-956AA | TOYOTA SERENA | ASH | |
| BLD-222AA | FORD MONDEO | DARK BLUE | |
| BLD-999AA | TOYOTA CAMRY | ASH | |
| BLD-123AA | VOLKSWAGEN GOLF | BLACK | |
| BLD-987AA | MITSUBISHI SALOON | ASH |
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 BLD
- Local Government Area
- Barkin-Ladi
- State
- Plateau
- Headquarters
- Barkin Ladi
- Population
- 175,267 (2006)
- Area
- 1,032 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 BLD Code Does and Does Not Tell You
A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so BLD places the paperwork in Barkin-Ladi. 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 BLD plate away from Plateau 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 BLD plate number
What does the BLD plate number mean?
BLD is the registration code of Barkin-Ladi Local Government Area in Plateau. 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 BLD plate number from?
Plateau. The code identifies the local government area — Barkin-Ladi — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.
Codes Next to BLD in Plateau
Codes either side of BLD in the Plateau directory.
Have a whole BLD 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.