UKM Plate Number Meaning: Ukum, Benue
The UKM plate number is registered in Ukum Local Government Area, Benue. Those three letters record where the vehicle was first put on the road — not who drives it, and not where it is today.
UKM is issued in Ukum, seat at Sankera. Around 216,930 residents were recorded in 2006 over 1,514 km², about 143 to the square kilometre. The letters are allocated by district, so neighbouring towns inside it share them. Nothing about the car itself is encoded in them — that is the VIN's job.
UKM Plates We Have Checked
Plates carrying the UKM 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| UKM-507AA | PEUGEOT 504 | 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 UKM
- Local Government Area
- Ukum
- State
- Benue
- Headquarters
- Sankera
- Population
- 216,930 (2006)
- Area
- 1,514 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 UKM Code Does and Does Not Tell You
A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so UKM places the paperwork in Ukum. 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 UKM plate away from Benue 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 UKM plate number
What does the UKM plate number mean?
UKM is the registration code of Ukum Local Government Area in Benue. 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 UKM plate number from?
Benue. The code identifies the local government area — Ukum — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.
Codes Next to UKM in Benue
Codes either side of UKM in the Benue directory.
Have a whole UKM 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.