MAP Plate Number Meaning: Ibadan-South-East, Oyo
The MAP plate number is registered in Ibadan-South-East Local Government Area, Oyo. Those three letters record where the vehicle was first put on the road — not who drives it, and not where it is today.
Ibadan South-East uses MAP, from its seat in Ibadan. About 266,046 people were counted there in 2006 within 17 km², near 15,650 to the square kilometre. Its plates appear all over the country, because a code follows the car rather than its owner's address.
MAP Plates We Have Checked
Plates carrying the MAP 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MAP-128AA | V/Wagen Golf S/Car | Custom | |
| MAP-174AA | Volkswagen Golf | Blue | |
| MAP-236AA | Subaru S/Car | Custom | |
| MAP-305AA | Mit Gallant S/Car | White | |
| MAP-419AA | Nissan Micra S/Car | Ash | |
| MAP-507AA | Mit Gallant S/Car | Custom | |
| MAP-741AA | M/Benz 200 S/Car | Custom | |
| MAP-853AA | V/Wagen Bettle Car | Ash | |
| MAP-956AA | Avella | Custom | |
| MAP-111AA | Nissan Quest | Custom | |
| MAP-222AA | Nissan Murano Jeep | Wine | |
| MAP-999AA | Toyota Hiace Bus | White |
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.
What MAP Plates Look Like
Counted from the 14 MAP plates we hold. It describes what we have seen, not the vehicle register — and the colour is the paint on the car, which is a different question from the colour of the plate itself. What plate colours mean
The District Behind MAP
- Local Government Area
- Ibadan-South-East
- State
- Oyo
- Headquarters
- Ibadan
- Population
- 266,046 (2006)
- Area
- 17 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 MAP Code Does and Does Not Tell You
A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so MAP places the paperwork in Ibadan-South-East. 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 MAP plate away from Oyo 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 MAP plate number
What does the MAP plate number mean?
MAP is the registration code of Ibadan-South-East Local Government Area in Oyo. 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 MAP plate number from?
Oyo. The code identifies the local government area — Ibadan-South-East — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.
Codes Next to MAP in Oyo
Codes either side of MAP in the Oyo directory.
Have a whole MAP 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.