BUR Plate Number Meaning: Burutu, Delta
The BUR plate number is registered in Burutu Local Government Area, Delta. Those three letters record where the vehicle was first put on the road — not who drives it, and not where it is today.
BUR belongs to Burutu, administered from Burutu town, where the 2006 census counted 207,977 residents. The code stays with the vehicle through every later sale, so it records where the paperwork was opened rather than where the car is kept now.
BUR Plates We Have Checked
Plates carrying the BUR 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUR-128AA | Toyota Highlander Jeep | Custom | |
| BUR-236AA | Toyoya Seinna | Custom | |
| BUR-305AA | Mitsubis Space Wagon | Custom | |
| BUR-419AA | Honda Legend S/C | Blue | |
| BUR-507AA | Audi 80 | Custom | |
| BUR-628AA | Honda Accord Car | Ash | |
| BUR-741AA | Lexus Rx 350 | Custom | |
| BUR-853AA | Passat | Custom | |
| BUR-956AA | TOYOTA CAMRY CAR | BLUE | |
| BUR-111AA | HYUNDAI Hyudai | Custom | |
| BUR-222AA | Volkswagen | Custom | |
| BUR-999AA | TOYOTA RAV4 | 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 BUR Plates Look Like
Counted from the 14 BUR 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 BUR
- Local Government Area
- Burutu
- State
- Delta
- Headquarters
- Burutu
- Population
- 207,977 (2006)
Population and area describe the local government area itself and come from public census and geographic data, not from the plate register.
What the BUR Code Does and Does Not Tell You
A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so BUR places the paperwork in Burutu. 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 BUR plate away from Delta 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 BUR plate number
What does the BUR plate number mean?
BUR is the registration code of Burutu Local Government Area in Delta. 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 BUR plate number from?
Delta. The code identifies the local government area — Burutu — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.
Codes Next to BUR in Delta
Codes either side of BUR in the Delta directory.
Have a whole BUR 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.