BUJ Plate Number Meaning: Buji, Jigawa
The BUJ plate number is registered in Buji Local Government Area, Jigawa. Those three letters record where the vehicle was first put on the road — not who drives it, and not where it is today.
BUJ marks Buji. About 97,371 residents were counted there in 2006 across 548 km², some 178 to the square kilometre. Codes are allocated by district rather than by owner, which is why the same three letters ride on thousands of unrelated cars.
BUJ Plates We Have Checked
Plates carrying the BUJ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUJ-128AA | VOLKSWAGEN GOLF | 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 BUJ
- Local Government Area
- Buji
- State
- Jigawa
- Headquarters
- Gantsa
- Population
- 97,371 (2006)
- Area
- 548 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 BUJ Code Does and Does Not Tell You
A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so BUJ places the paperwork in Buji. 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 BUJ plate away from Jigawa 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 BUJ plate number
What does the BUJ plate number mean?
BUJ is the registration code of Buji Local Government Area in Jigawa. 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 BUJ plate number from?
Jigawa. The code identifies the local government area — Buji — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.
Codes Next to BUJ in Jigawa
Codes either side of BUJ in the Jigawa directory.
Have a whole BUJ 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.