Plate code

DEG Plate Number Meaning: Degema, Rivers

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

DEG belongs to Degema, administered from Degema town. About 249,773 people were counted there in 2006 across 1,011 km², some 247 to the square kilometre. Two cars papered here on the same day carry these letters and differ in the serial that follows.

DEG Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the DEG 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
DEG-174AA VOLKSWAGEN JETTA CUSTOM
DEG-236AA Nissan Almera Custom
DEG-305AA TOYOTA SIENNA CUSTOM
DEG-507AA NISSAN PRIMERA CUSTOM
DEG-628AA NISSAN PATHFINDER JEEP RED
DEG-741AA KIA SORANTO CUSTOM
DEG-853AA TOYOTA COROLLA CUSTOM
DEG-956AA VOLVO VOLVO WAGEN CUSTOM
DEG-111AA TOYOTA SIENNA CUSTOM
DEG-222AA VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT CUSTOM
DEG-123AA VOLKSWAGEN SHARAN CUSTOM
DEG-987AA TOYOTA SIENNA SIENNA 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.

What DEG Plates Look Like

12 Plates checked
Toyota Most common make — 4 of 12 records

Counted from the 12 DEG plates we hold. It describes what we have seen, not the vehicle register — and the colour is the paint on the car, which is a different question from the colour of the plate itself. What plate colours mean

The District Behind DEG

Local Government Area
Degema
State
Rivers
Headquarters
Degema
Population
249,773 (2006)
Area
1,011 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 DEG Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so DEG places the paperwork in Degema. 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 DEG plate away from Rivers 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 DEG plate number

What does the DEG plate number mean?

DEG is the registration code of Degema Local Government Area in Rivers. 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 DEG plate number from?

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

Codes Next to DEG in Rivers

Codes either side of DEG in the Rivers directory.

All Rivers plate number codes

Have a whole DEG 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.