GME Plate Number Meaning: Gombe, Gombe
The GME plate number is registered in Gombe Local Government Area, Gombe. Those three letters record where the vehicle was first put on the road — not who drives it, and not where it is today.
Gombe, the district administered from Gombe town, registers as GME. Some 280,000 residents were counted there in 2006 within 52 km² — about 5,385 for every square kilometre, and the smallest by area of the state's districts. Its code is allocated on the same terms as the largest.
GME Plates We Have Checked
Plates carrying the GME 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GME-419AA | PEUGEOT 406 406 | DARK GREEN | |
| GME-628AA | PEUGEOT 406 | MAROON | |
| GME-741AA | PEUGEOUT 406 | ASH | |
| GME-853AA | PEUGEOT 406 | ASH | |
| GME-956AA | VOLKSWAGEN GOLF | ASH | |
| GME-111AA | TOYOTA COROLLA | BLUE | |
| GME-222AA | HONDA ACCORD | LIGTH GREEN | |
| GME-123AA | VOLKWAGEN JETTA OPEL | BLACK | |
| GME-987AA | VOLKSWAGEN OPEL | 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 GME
- Local Government Area
- Gombe
- State
- Gombe
- Headquarters
- Gombe
- Population
- 280,000 (2006)
- Area
- 52 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 GME Code Does and Does Not Tell You
A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so GME places the paperwork in Gombe. 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 GME plate away from Gombe 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 GME plate number
What does the GME plate number mean?
GME is the registration code of Gombe Local Government Area in Gombe. 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 GME plate number from?
Gombe. The code identifies the local government area — Gombe — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.
Codes Next to GME in Gombe
Codes either side of GME in the Gombe directory.
Have a whole GME 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.