Plate code

SHR Plate Number Meaning: Shira, Bauchi

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

SHR marks Shira. The 2006 census put 234,014 people on 1,321 km², roughly 177 to the square kilometre. Codes like this one are why a plate can be placed geographically at a glance, and why it cannot be traced to a person.

SHR Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the SHR 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
SHR-128AA PONTIAC VIBE CUSTOM
SHR-174AA MERCEDES-BENZ C- CLASS SILVER
SHR-236AA HONDA ACCORD CUSTOM
SHR-305AA PEUGEOT 406 MAROON
SHR-111AA Peugeot 406 Ash
SHR-222AA Civic Ash
SHR-123AA HONDA ACCORD 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 SHR

Local Government Area
Shira
State
Bauchi
Headquarters
Yana
Population
234,014 (2006)
Area
1,321 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 SHR Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so SHR places the paperwork in Shira. 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 SHR plate away from Bauchi 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 SHR plate number

What does the SHR plate number mean?

SHR is the registration code of Shira Local Government Area in Bauchi. 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 SHR plate number from?

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

Codes Next to SHR in Bauchi

Codes either side of SHR in the Bauchi directory.

All Bauchi plate number codes

Have a whole SHR 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.