Plate code

DBR Plate Number Meaning: Aninri, Enugu

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

Aninri registers as DBR. Around 233,723 residents were counted across its 364 km² in 2006, about 642 for every square kilometre. Codes are allocated by district rather than by owner, so the same three letters ride on thousands of unrelated cars.

DBR Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the DBR 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
DBR-128AA NISSAN JEEP(SUV) CUSTOM
DBR-419AA TOYOTA AVALON CUSTOM
DBR-507AA Corolla Custom
DBR-111AA Toyota Sienna Custom
DBR-123AA NISSAN B/BIRD 1990 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 DBR

Local Government Area
Aninri
State
Enugu
Headquarters
Ndeabo
Population
233,723 (2006)
Area
364 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 DBR Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so DBR places the paperwork in Aninri. 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 DBR plate away from Enugu 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 DBR plate number

What does the DBR plate number mean?

DBR is the registration code of Aninri Local Government Area in Enugu. 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 DBR plate number from?

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

Have a whole DBR 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.