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.
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
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.
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.