Plate code

BLR Plate Number Meaning: Billiri, Gombe

The BLR plate number is registered in Billiri Local Government Area, Gombe. 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 BLR code — Billiri, Gombe
A plate issued in Billiri carries the BLR code. The characters after it are a sample, not a real registration.

BLR belongs to Billiri, seat at Billiri town. The 2006 census counted 252,544 people over 737 km², some 343 to the square kilometre. A code is fixed when a car is first papered and follows it through every later sale.

BLR Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the BLR 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
BLR-741AA TOYOTA CAMRY green
BLR-956AA TOYOTA SIENNA CUSTOM
BLR-999AA HONDA ACCORD 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 BLR

Local Government Area
Billiri
State
Gombe
Headquarters
Billiri
Population
252,544 (2006)
Area
737 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 BLR Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so BLR places the paperwork in Billiri. 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 BLR plate away from Gombe 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 BLR plate number

What does the BLR plate number mean?

BLR is the registration code of Billiri Local Government Area in Gombe. 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 BLR plate number from?

Gombe. The code identifies the local government area — Billiri — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.

Codes Next to BLR in Gombe

Codes either side of BLR in the Gombe directory.

All Gombe plate number codes

Have a whole BLR 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.