SUL Plate Number Meaning: Suleja, Niger
The SUL plate number is registered in Suleja Local Government Area, Niger. Those three letters record where the vehicle was first put on the road — not who drives it, and not where it is today.
Suleja, run from Suleja town, registers as SUL. Around 368,900 residents (2022) live within 114.60 km², about 3,219 for every square kilometre. The code is fixed at registration and travels with the vehicle, not with the person driving it. They are read left to right, ahead of the digits.
SUL Plates We Have Checked
Plates carrying the SUL 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUL-128AA | Toyota Corolla | Custom | |
| SUL-174AA | v/w Golf | Custom | |
| SUL-305AA | Toyota Corolla | Custom | |
| SUL-419AA | V/Wagen Sharan S/Bus | Custom | |
| SUL-507AA | Toyota Corolla | Custom | |
| SUL-628AA | Toyota Avensis | Custom | |
| SUL-741AA | TOYOTA CARINA E | CUSTOM | |
| SUL-853AA | Toyota Carina 2 S/Ca | Red | |
| SUL-956AA | V/Wagen Sharan S/Bus | Custom | |
| SUL-111AA | Kia Saloon | Custom | |
| SUL-222AA | Peugeot406 | Custom | |
| SUL-123AA | Toyota Carina e | 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 SUL Plates Look Like
Counted from the 12 SUL 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 SUL
- Local Government Area
- Suleja
- State
- Niger
- Headquarters
- Suleja
- Population
- 368,900 (2022)
- Area
- 114.6 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 SUL Code Does and Does Not Tell You
A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so SUL places the paperwork in Suleja. 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 SUL plate away from Niger 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 SUL plate number
What does the SUL plate number mean?
SUL is the registration code of Suleja Local Government Area in Niger. 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 SUL plate number from?
Niger. The code identifies the local government area — Suleja — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.
Codes Next to SUL in Niger
Codes either side of SUL in the Niger directory.
Have a whole SUL 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.