Plate code

HAL Plate Number Meaning: Ihiala, Anambra

The HAL plate number is registered in Ihiala Local Government Area, Anambra. 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 HAL code — Ihiala, Anambra
A plate issued in Ihiala carries the HAL code. The characters after it are a sample, not a real registration.

Ihiala, which gives its name to both district and headquarters, registers as HAL. About 430,800 people (2022) live across 300.80 km², roughly 1,432 for every square kilometre. Reading the code is the first step of any plate check, and the only step a directory can complete.

HAL Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the HAL 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
HAL-128AA V/Wagen Passat Sal Red
HAL-174AA Nissan Pathfinder Jeep White
HAL-305AA Tundra V8 Custom
HAL-419AA Volvo 240 S/Car Blue
HAL-507AA Mits Wagon Custom
HAL-628AA Mits L300 Bus Custom
HAL-741AA Toyota Rav 4 Custom
HAL-111AA Honda Accord Custom
HAL-123AA Toyota Avalon Car Black

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 HAL

Local Government Area
Ihiala
State
Anambra
Headquarters
Ihiala
Population
430,800 (2022)
Area
300.8 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 HAL Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so HAL places the paperwork in Ihiala. 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 HAL plate away from Anambra 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 HAL plate number

What does the HAL plate number mean?

HAL is the registration code of Ihiala Local Government Area in Anambra. 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 HAL plate number from?

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

Have a whole HAL 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.