DAM Plate Number Meaning: Damboa, Borno
The DAM plate number is registered in Damboa Local Government Area, Borno. Those three letters record where the vehicle was first put on the road — not who drives it, and not where it is today.
DAM marks Damboa, seat at Damboa town. The 2006 census counted 233,500 residents across 6,219 km² — some 38 people to the square kilometre, thin settlement across a very large district. The code is unaffected by either figure: one local government area, one set of three letters.
DAM Plates We Have Checked
Plates carrying the DAM 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAM-507AA | HONDA CIVIC | RED |
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 DAM
- Local Government Area
- Damboa
- State
- Borno
- Headquarters
- Damboa
- Population
- 233,500 (2006)
- Area
- 6,219 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 DAM Code Does and Does Not Tell You
A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so DAM places the paperwork in Damboa. 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 DAM plate away from Borno 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 DAM plate number
What does the DAM plate number mean?
DAM is the registration code of Damboa Local Government Area in Borno. 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 DAM plate number from?
Borno. The code identifies the local government area — Damboa — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.
Have a whole DAM 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.