Plate code

MCN Plate Number Meaning: Machina, Yobe

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

MCN is issued in Machina, run from Machina town. With 61,606 residents at the 2006 census across 1,213 km² it is the least populous district in Yobe, at some 51 people to the square kilometre. It holds a full code all the same.

MCN Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the MCN 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
MCN-128AA TOYOTA CORROLA COROLLA CUSTOM
MCN-111AA TOYOTA COROLLA ASH
MCN-222AA TOYOTA COROLLA WHITE
MCN-123AA NISSAN NP300 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.

The District Behind MCN

Local Government Area
Machina
State
Yobe
Headquarters
Machina
Population
61,606 (2006)
Area
1,213 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 MCN Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so MCN places the paperwork in Machina. 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 MCN plate away from Yobe 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 MCN plate number

What does the MCN plate number mean?

MCN is the registration code of Machina Local Government Area in Yobe. 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 MCN plate number from?

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

Codes Next to MCN in Yobe

Codes either side of MCN in the Yobe directory.

All Yobe plate number codes

Have a whole MCN 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.