BRA Plate Number Meaning: Obubra, Cross River
The BRA plate number is registered in Obubra Local Government Area, Cross River. Those three letters record where the vehicle was first put on the road — not who drives it, and not where it is today.
BRA marks Obubra, administered from Obubra town. The 2006 census counted 172,444 residents over 1,115 km², roughly 155 for every square kilometre. The letters are the geographic part of the plate; everything after them identifies the individual vehicle. Neighbouring towns inside the district all register under it.
BRA Plates We Have Checked
Plates carrying the BRA 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRA-128AA | Nissan Bus | Custom | |
| BRA-174AA | M/Benz 190 S/Car | Blue | |
| BRA-236AA | Volvo 240 | Custom | |
| BRA-305AA | Toyota Avalon | Custom | |
| BRA-507AA | Nissan Primera | Custom | |
| BRA-628AA | TRUCK | CUSTOM | |
| BRA-741AA | LEXUS RX 300 | CUSTOM | |
| BRA-956AA | VOLKSWAGEN Passat 2.0HL | Green Metallic | |
| BRA-111AA | Mitsubishi L300 | Custom | |
| BRA-222AA | NISSAN PRIMERA | ASH | |
| BRA-999AA | TOYOTA TACOMA | OX BLOOD | |
| BRA-123AA | Nissan B/Bird | 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 BRA Plates Look Like
Counted from the 12 BRA 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 BRA
- Local Government Area
- Obubra
- State
- Cross River
- Headquarters
- Obubra
- Population
- 172,444 (2006)
- Area
- 1,115 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 BRA Code Does and Does Not Tell You
A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so BRA places the paperwork in Obubra. 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 BRA plate away from Cross River 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 BRA plate number
What does the BRA plate number mean?
BRA is the registration code of Obubra Local Government Area in Cross River. 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 BRA plate number from?
Cross River. The code identifies the local government area — Obubra — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.
Codes Next to BRA in Cross River
Codes either side of BRA in the Cross River directory.
Have a whole BRA 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.