JRE Plate Number Meaning: Jere, Borno
The JRE plate number is registered in Jere Local Government Area, Borno. Those three letters record where the vehicle was first put on the road — not who drives it, and not where it is today.
Jere registers vehicles as JRE. Its population was 211,204 at the 2006 census, across 868 km² — some 243 for every square kilometre, dense by the standards of this state. Codes are allocated per district, so the same three letters appear on thousands of unrelated cars.
JRE Plates We Have Checked
Plates carrying the JRE 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| JRE-222AA | TOYOTA CAMRY 1992 | NAVY BLUE | |
| JRE-123AA | MERCEDES BENZ | CUSTOM |
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 JRE
- Local Government Area
- Jere
- State
- Borno
- Headquarters
- Khaddamari
- Population
- 211,204 (2006)
- Area
- 868 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 JRE Code Does and Does Not Tell You
A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so JRE places the paperwork in Jere. 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 JRE plate away from Borno 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 JRE plate number
What does the JRE plate number mean?
JRE is the registration code of Jere Local Government Area in Borno. 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 JRE plate number from?
Borno. The code identifies the local government area — Jere — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.
Codes Next to JRE in Borno
Codes either side of JRE in the Borno directory.
Have a whole JRE 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.