Plate code

EDE Plate Number Meaning: Ede South, Osun

The EDE plate number is registered in Ede South Local Government Area, Osun. 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 EDE code — Ede South, Osun
A plate issued in Ede South carries the EDE code. The characters after it are a sample, not a real registration.

Ede South — recorded simply as Ede in some lists — registers as EDE, from its seat at Ede. Around 76,035 people were counted there in 2006 across 219 km², roughly 347 to the square kilometre. Where sources spell a district differently, the code is the part that does not vary.

EDE Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the EDE 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
EDE-507AA TOYOTA CAMRY ASH
EDE-222AA TOYOTA PICK UP RED
EDE-999AA TOYOTA HIGHLANDER WINE
EDE-987AA V/WAGEN GOLF GREEN

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 EDE

Local Government Area
Ede South
State
Osun
Headquarters
Ede
Population
76,035 (2006)
Area
219 km²
Also spelled
Ede

Population and area describe the local government area itself and come from public census and geographic data, not from the plate register.

What the EDE Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so EDE places the paperwork in Ede South. 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 EDE plate away from Osun 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 EDE plate number

What does the EDE plate number mean?

EDE is the registration code of Ede South Local Government Area in Osun. 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 EDE plate number from?

Osun. The code identifies the local government area — Ede South — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.

Have a whole EDE 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.