MAR Plate Number Meaning: Marte, Borno
The MAR plate number is registered in Marte 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.
Marte, administered from Marte town, issues MAR. The 2006 census counted 129,370 people over 3,154 km², roughly 41 to the square kilometre. Codes are fixed at registration; a plate check reads them back to a district and a state and stops there.
MAR Plates We Have Checked
Plates carrying the MAR 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MAR-419AA | TOYOTA HIGHLANDER | CUSTOM | |
| MAR-507AA | HONDA CIVIC | CUSTOM | |
| MAR-628AA | HONDA ACCORD | CUSTOM | |
| MAR-222AA | TOYOTA COROLLA S | 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 MAR
- Local Government Area
- Marte
- State
- Borno
- Headquarters
- Marte
- Population
- 129,370 (2006)
- Area
- 3,154 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 MAR Code Does and Does Not Tell You
A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so MAR places the paperwork in Marte. 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 MAR 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 MAR plate number
What does the MAR plate number mean?
MAR is the registration code of Marte 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 MAR plate number from?
Borno. The code identifies the local government area — Marte — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.
Codes Next to MAR in Borno
Codes either side of MAR in the Borno directory.
Have a whole MAR 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.