Plate code

BUU Plate Number Meaning: Jos-South, Plateau

The BUU plate number is registered in Jos-South Local Government Area, Plateau. Those three letters record where the vehicle was first put on the road — not who drives it, and not where it is today.

Nigerian number plate with the BUU code — Jos-South, Plateau
A plate issued in Jos-South carries the BUU code. The characters after it are a sample, not a real registration.

BUU marks Jos South, administered from Bukuru. Around 506,716 people lived across its 510 km² at the 2006 census, about 994 to the square kilometre. A plate lookup returns the district and the state behind three letters, and nothing about who owns the vehicle.

BUU Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the BUU 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
BUU-128AA OPEL ZAFIRA SILVER RAY
BUU-305AA KIA LX MILK
BUU-507AA VOLVO 570 BLACK
BUU-853AA MITSUBISHI CAR SILVER
BUU-111AA Toyota Camry Blue
BUU-123AA HONDA ACCORD BLACK

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 BUU

Local Government Area
Jos-South
State
Plateau
Headquarters
Bukuru
Population
506,716 (2006)
Area
510 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 BUU Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so BUU places the paperwork in Jos-South. 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 BUU plate away from Plateau 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 BUU plate number

What does the BUU plate number mean?

BUU is the registration code of Jos-South Local Government Area in Plateau. 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 BUU plate number from?

Plateau. The code identifies the local government area — Jos-South — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.

Codes Next to BUU in Plateau

Codes either side of BUU in the Plateau directory.

All Plateau plate number codes

Have a whole BUU 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.