BRE Plate Number Meaning: Baure, Katsina
The BRE plate number is registered in Baure Local Government Area, Katsina. Those three letters record where the vehicle was first put on the road — not who drives it, and not where it is today.
Baure uses BRE. The 2006 census put 197,425 residents on 707 km², near 279 for every square kilometre. The letters are the geographic part of the plate; the digits and closing pair that follow belong to the individual vehicle. The link between code and district is kept permanently.
BRE Plates We Have Checked
Plates carrying the BRE 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRE-128AA | PEUGEOT 806 | CUSTOM | |
| BRE-305AA | TOYOTA REV.4 | CUSTOM | |
| BRE-123AA | HYUNDAI ELANTRA | N/A |
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 BRE
- Local Government Area
- Baure
- State
- Katsina
- Population
- 197,425 (2006)
- Area
- 707 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 BRE Code Does and Does Not Tell You
A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so BRE places the paperwork in Baure. 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 BRE plate away from Katsina 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 BRE plate number
What does the BRE plate number mean?
BRE is the registration code of Baure Local Government Area in Katsina. 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 BRE plate number from?
Katsina. The code identifies the local government area — Baure — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.
Codes Next to BRE in Katsina
Codes either side of BRE in the Katsina directory.
Have a whole BRE 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.