DTR Plate Number Meaning: Damaturu, Yobe
The DTR plate number is registered in Damaturu 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.
Damaturu, seat at Damaturu town, registers vehicles as DTR. Its population was 88,014 at the 2006 census, spread over 2,366 km² — roughly 37 for every square kilometre. Yobe State uses seventeen codes, one per local government area. The letters are the one part of a plate tied to a place.
DTR Plates We Have Checked
Plates carrying the DTR 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DTR-741AA | HONDA CIVIC | ASH | |
| DTR-853AA | TOYOTA HILUX | WHITE | |
| DTR-956AA | TOYOTA COROLLA | GOLDEN | |
| DTR-111AA | HONDA CIVIC | METALIC ASH | |
| DTR-999AA | HONDA CIVIC | RED | |
| DTR-987AA | MERCEDES C180 | ASH |
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 DTR
- Local Government Area
- Damaturu
- State
- Yobe
- Headquarters
- Damaturu
- Population
- 88,014 (2006)
- Area
- 2,366 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 DTR Code Does and Does Not Tell You
A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so DTR places the paperwork in Damaturu. 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 DTR 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 DTR plate number
What does the DTR plate number mean?
DTR is the registration code of Damaturu 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 DTR plate number from?
Yobe. The code identifies the local government area — Damaturu — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.
Codes Next to DTR in Yobe
Codes either side of DTR in the Yobe directory.
Have a whole DTR 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.