Plate code

DDM Plate Number Meaning: Dandume, Katsina

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

DDM is issued in Dandume. About 145,739 people were recorded there in 2006 across 422 km², some 345 to the square kilometre. Codes name districts rather than towns, so every settlement inside the local government area registers under these letters.

DDM Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the DDM 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
DDM-174AA KIA RIO ASH
DDM-236AA TOYOTA COR0LLA N/A
DDM-123AA OPEL ASTRA MAROON

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 DDM

Local Government Area
Dandume
State
Katsina
Population
145,739 (2006)
Area
422 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 DDM Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so DDM places the paperwork in Dandume. 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 DDM plate away from Katsina 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 DDM plate number

What does the DDM plate number mean?

DDM is the registration code of Dandume Local Government Area in Katsina. 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 DDM plate number from?

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

Codes Next to DDM in Katsina

Codes either side of DDM in the Katsina directory.

All Katsina plate number codes

Have a whole DDM 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.