Plate code

NUM Plate Number Meaning: Numan, Adamawa

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

NUM is the Numan code. About 141,200 people (2022) live in the district's 803.90 km², roughly 176 for every square kilometre. Reading a plate tells you where a car was registered, which is a useful first fact when the rest of its history has to be checked by VIN.

NUM Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the NUM 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
NUM-128AA TOYOTA STARLET RED
NUM-236AA V/Wagen Sharon Bus Blue
NUM-419AA KIA SALON WHITE
NUM-507AA Camry Custom
NUM-741AA Sino Truck Custom
NUM-853AA Corolla Custom
NUM-123AA TOYOTA CARINA E ASH

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 NUM

Local Government Area
Numan
State
Adamawa
Headquarters
Numan
Population
141,200 (2022)
Area
803.9 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 NUM Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so NUM places the paperwork in Numan. 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 NUM plate away from Adamawa 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 NUM plate number

What does the NUM plate number mean?

NUM is the registration code of Numan Local Government Area in Adamawa. 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 NUM plate number from?

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

Codes Next to NUM in Adamawa

Codes either side of NUM in the Adamawa directory.

All Adamawa plate number codes

Have a whole NUM 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.