DUU Plate Number Meaning: Uruan, Akwa Ibom
The DUU plate number is registered in Uruan Local Government Area, Akwa Ibom. Those three letters record where the vehicle was first put on the road — not who drives it, and not where it is today.
Uruan, seat at Idu, registers as DUU. Its population was around 164,000 in 2016, spread over 449 km² — some 365 people to the square kilometre. Reading a Nigerian plate begins with these three letters, which are a place; everything after them identifies the car.
DUU Plates We Have Checked
Plates carrying the DUU 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DUU-174AA | TOYOTA HILUX | CUSTOM | |
| DUU-236AA | NISSAN XTERRA | BLACK | |
| DUU-419AA | Megane | Custom | |
| DUU-628AA | ACURA MDX JEEP | BLUE | |
| DUU-853AA | Accent | Custom | |
| DUU-222AA | Mercedes Benz C230 | Custom | |
| DUU-987AA | SUZUKI MINI BUS | RED |
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 DUU
- Local Government Area
- Uruan
- State
- Akwa Ibom
- Headquarters
- Idu
- Population
- 164,000 (2016)
- Area
- 449 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 DUU Code Does and Does Not Tell You
A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so DUU places the paperwork in Uruan. 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 DUU plate away from Akwa Ibom 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 DUU plate number
What does the DUU plate number mean?
DUU is the registration code of Uruan Local Government Area in Akwa Ibom. 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 DUU plate number from?
Akwa Ibom. The code identifies the local government area — Uruan — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.
Codes Next to DUU in Akwa Ibom
Codes either side of DUU in the Akwa Ibom directory.
Have a whole DUU 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.