Plate code

CHR Plate Number Meaning: Ikwo, Ebonyi

The CHR plate number is registered in Ikwo Local Government Area, Ebonyi. 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 CHR code — Ikwo, Ebonyi
A plate issued in Ikwo carries the CHR code. The characters after it are a sample, not a real registration.

CHR marks Ikwo, seat at Onu-Ebonyi Echara, covering 500 km². Codes are allocated by district rather than by owner, so thousands of unrelated cars carry these same three letters — and a plate lookup answers with the district and its state, never with a name.

CHR Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the CHR 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
CHR-128AA Corolla Custom
CHR-236AA Honda Accord Custom
CHR-305AA Mitsubishi Space Wagon Custom
CHR-507AA Toyota Camry S/Car Custom
CHR-628AA Toyota Corolla Grey
CHR-853AA INNOSON PICK UP CUSTOM
CHR-111AA M/BENZ 190 COSTOM
CHR-222AA HYUNDAI TUCSON CUSTOM
CHR-123AA BlueBird Grey

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 CHR

Local Government Area
Ikwo
State
Ebonyi
Headquarters
Onu-Ebonyi Echara
Area
500 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 CHR Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so CHR places the paperwork in Ikwo. 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 CHR plate away from Ebonyi 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 CHR plate number

What does the CHR plate number mean?

CHR is the registration code of Ikwo Local Government Area in Ebonyi. 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 CHR plate number from?

Ebonyi. The code identifies the local government area — Ikwo — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.

Have a whole CHR 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.