PTN Plate Number Meaning: Patani, Delta
The PTN plate number is registered in Patani Local Government Area, Delta. Those three letters record where the vehicle was first put on the road — not who drives it, and not where it is today.
Patani registers vehicles as PTN. Its population was 67,391 at the 2006 census, spread over 217 km² — some 311 for every square kilometre. Small districts receive a code of their own like any other, because allocation follows local government areas rather than population.
PTN Plates We Have Checked
Plates carrying the PTN 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PTN-128AA | HONDA CIVIC | CUSTOM | |
| PTN-174AA | Car Go M/C | Custom | |
| PTN-419AA | Volswagen Golf Wagon | Custom | |
| PTN-507AA | Toyota Camry | Custom | |
| PTN-628AA | Audi 80 Sal/Car | Custom | |
| PTN-741AA | Toyota Camry | Custom | |
| PTN-853AA | Toyota Carina E | Custom | |
| PTN-956AA | Little Star Bus | Custom | |
| PTN-222AA | Mazda 626 | Custom | |
| PTN-999AA | Toyota Camry Sal. Car | Custom | |
| PTN-987AA | Toyota Hiace Bus | 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.
What PTN Plates Look Like
Counted from the 11 PTN 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 PTN
- Local Government Area
- Patani
- State
- Delta
- Headquarters
- Patani
- Population
- 67,391 (2006)
- Area
- 217 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 PTN Code Does and Does Not Tell You
A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so PTN places the paperwork in Patani. 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 PTN plate away from Delta 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 PTN plate number
What does the PTN plate number mean?
PTN is the registration code of Patani Local Government Area in Delta. 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 PTN plate number from?
Delta. The code identifies the local government area — Patani — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.
Codes Next to PTN in Delta
Codes either side of PTN in the Delta directory.
Have a whole PTN 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.