DPH Plate Number Meaning: Bursari, Yobe
The DPH plate number is registered in Bursari Local Government Area, Yobe. Those three letters record where the vehicle was first put on the road — not who drives it, and not where it is today.
DPH is issued in Bursari, the district administered from Dapchi. The 2006 census counted 109,124 residents across 3,818 km², about 29 people to the square kilometre. Nigerian plates open with three letters for the local government area of registration, and this district holds these.
DPH Plates We Have Checked
Plates carrying the DPH 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DPH-111AA | MITSUBISHI CANTER | WHITE | |
| DPH-222AA | MERCEDES-BENZ 230 BENZ | WHITE |
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 DPH
- Local Government Area
- Bursari
- State
- Yobe
- Headquarters
- Dapchi
- Population
- 109,124 (2006)
- Area
- 3,818 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 DPH Code Does and Does Not Tell You
A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so DPH places the paperwork in Bursari. 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 DPH plate away from Yobe 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 DPH plate number
What does the DPH plate number mean?
DPH is the registration code of Bursari Local Government Area in Yobe. 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 DPH plate number from?
Yobe. The code identifies the local government area — Bursari — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.
Codes Next to DPH in Yobe
Codes either side of DPH in the Yobe directory.
Have a whole DPH 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.