Plate code

FUN Plate Number Meaning: Fune, Yobe

The FUN plate number is registered in Fune 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.

Nigerian number plate with the FUN code — Fune, Yobe
A plate issued in Fune carries the FUN code. The characters after it are a sample, not a real registration.

Fune, administered from Damagum, uses FUN. With 300,760 residents at the 2006 census across 4,948 km² it is both the most populous district in Yobe and the largest by area, at about 61 people to the square kilometre. Its code is allocated on the same terms as the smallest.

FUN Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the FUN 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
FUN-174AA GOLF G0LF 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 FUN

Local Government Area
Fune
State
Yobe
Headquarters
Damagum
Population
300,760 (2006)
Area
4,948 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 FUN Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so FUN places the paperwork in Fune. 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 FUN 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 FUN plate number

What does the FUN plate number mean?

FUN is the registration code of Fune 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 FUN plate number from?

Yobe. The code identifies the local government area — Fune — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.

Codes Next to FUN in Yobe

Codes either side of FUN in the Yobe directory.

All Yobe plate number codes

Have a whole FUN 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.