Plate code

DMA Plate Number Meaning: Doma, Nasarawa

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

DMA belongs to Doma, run from Doma town. Around 214,600 residents (2022) live across 2,714 km², some 79 to the square kilometre. A code follows the vehicle through every later sale, so it records where the paperwork began rather than where the car is kept.

DMA Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the DMA 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
DMA-174AA TOYOTA CAMRY GREEN
DMA-236AA Mazda 626 Blue
DMA-419AA 406 Custom
DMA-628AA OPEL ZAFIRA BLACK
DMA-741AA HONDA ACCORD CUSTOM
DMA-853AA MAZDA 323 CUSTOM
DMA-111AA TOYOTA MATRIX SILVER
DMA-222AA Honda Accord Brown

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 DMA

Local Government Area
Doma
State
Nasarawa
Headquarters
Doma
Population
214,600 (2022)
Area
2,714 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 DMA Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so DMA places the paperwork in Doma. 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 DMA plate away from Nasarawa 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 DMA plate number

What does the DMA plate number mean?

DMA is the registration code of Doma Local Government Area in Nasarawa. 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 DMA plate number from?

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

Codes Next to DMA in Nasarawa

Codes either side of DMA in the Nasarawa directory.

All Nasarawa plate number codes

Have a whole DMA 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.