BNY Plate Number Meaning: Bonny, Rivers
The BNY plate number is registered in Bonny Local Government Area, Rivers. Those three letters record where the vehicle was first put on the road — not who drives it, and not where it is today.
BNY is issued in Bonny, run from Bonny town. Around 214,983 people were recorded there in 2006 across 645.60 km², about 333 to the square kilometre. Codes name districts rather than towns, so settlements inside the area share these letters.
BNY Plates We Have Checked
Plates carrying the BNY 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BNY-128AA | HYUNDAI TUCSON | GREEN | |
| BNY-236AA | TOYOTA PRADO | BLACK | |
| BNY-305AA | NISSAN ALTIMA | CUSTOM | |
| BNY-507AA | VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT | CUSTOM | |
| BNY-628AA | TOYOTA COROLLA | BLACK | |
| BNY-741AA | TOYOTA COROLLA | RED | |
| BNY-853AA | GONOW PICK UP | CUSTOM | |
| BNY-956AA | AUDI 80 | CUSTOM | |
| BNY-111AA | TOYOTA PONTIAC | CHOCOLATE BLACK | |
| BNY-222AA | NISSAN SUNNY LIFT BACK | CUSTOM | |
| BNY-999AA | VOLKSWAGEN GOLF | CUSTOM | |
| BNY-123AA | Honda Odyssoy Space Bus | 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 BNY Plates Look Like
Counted from the 13 BNY 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 BNY
- Local Government Area
- Bonny
- State
- Rivers
- Headquarters
- Bonny
- Population
- 214,983 (2006)
- Area
- 645.6 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 BNY Code Does and Does Not Tell You
A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so BNY places the paperwork in Bonny. 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 BNY plate away from Rivers 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 BNY plate number
What does the BNY plate number mean?
BNY is the registration code of Bonny Local Government Area in Rivers. 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 BNY plate number from?
Rivers. The code identifies the local government area — Bonny — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.
Codes Next to BNY in Rivers
Codes either side of BNY in the Rivers directory.
Have a whole BNY 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.