DSA Plate Number Meaning: Demsa, Adamawa
The DSA plate number is registered in Demsa Local Government Area, Adamawa. Those three letters record where the vehicle was first put on the road — not who drives it, and not where it is today.
Demsa, run from the town of the same name, is the Adamawa district behind DSA. It counted 180,251 residents at the 2006 census. A Nigerian plate opens with three letters for the local government area of registration, and these are Demsa's — issued once, then carried by the vehicle.
DSA Plates We Have Checked
Plates carrying the DSA 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DSA-128AA | CITROEN EVASION | BLUE | |
| DSA-236AA | Toyota Saloon Car | Custom | |
| DSA-305AA | Toyota Corolla | Custom | |
| DSA-419AA | HONDA CIVIC | CUSTOM | |
| DSA-507AA | Toyota Prado Jeep Landcruiser | Custom | |
| DSA-741AA | HONDA ACCORD | CUSTOM | |
| DSA-111AA | Nissan Sunny | Custom | |
| DSA-222AA | TOYOTA COROLLA | 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.
The District Behind DSA
- Local Government Area
- Demsa
- State
- Adamawa
- Headquarters
- Demsa
- Population
- 180,251 (2006)
Population and area describe the local government area itself and come from public census and geographic data, not from the plate register.
What the DSA Code Does and Does Not Tell You
A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so DSA places the paperwork in Demsa. 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 DSA plate away from Adamawa 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 DSA plate number
What does the DSA plate number mean?
DSA is the registration code of Demsa Local Government Area in Adamawa. 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 DSA plate number from?
Adamawa. The code identifies the local government area — Demsa — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.
Codes Next to DSA in Adamawa
Codes either side of DSA in the Adamawa directory.
Have a whole DSA 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.