UMA Plate Number Meaning: Umuahia North, Abia
The UMA plate number is registered in Umuahia North Local Government Area, Abia. Those three letters record where the vehicle was first put on the road — not who drives it, and not where it is today.
Umuahia North registers as UMA, from its headquarters at Umuahia. Around 324,900 residents (2022) live across 245 km², roughly 1,326 for every square kilometre. A plate check begins with the three letters: they place the registration, and the rest of the number identifies the vehicle within the district.
UMA Plates We Have Checked
Plates carrying the UMA 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| UMA-128AA | TOYOTA HIGHLANDER | SILVER | |
| UMA-174AA | TOYOTA SIENNA WAGON | CUSTOM | |
| UMA-305AA | TOYOTA CAMRY | CUSTOM | |
| UMA-419AA | V/Wagen Passat | Custom | |
| UMA-507AA | Volvo V40 | Custom | |
| UMA-628AA | V/W Vento | Custom | |
| UMA-741AA | Nissan Pathfinder Jeep | Black | |
| UMA-853AA | Mazda 626 S/Car | Custom | |
| UMA-956AA | M/Benz 190 E | Custom | |
| UMA-222AA | Toyota Camry | Black | |
| UMA-999AA | Honda Accord | Custom | |
| UMA-123AA | mitsubishi Space wagon | 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.
What UMA Plates Look Like
Counted from the 13 UMA 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 UMA
- Local Government Area
- Umuahia North
- State
- Abia
- Headquarters
- Umuahia
- Population
- 324,900 (2022)
- Area
- 245 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 UMA Code Does and Does Not Tell You
A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so UMA places the paperwork in Umuahia North. 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 UMA plate away from Abia 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 UMA plate number
What does the UMA plate number mean?
UMA is the registration code of Umuahia North Local Government Area in Abia. 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 UMA plate number from?
Abia. The code identifies the local government area — Umuahia North — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.
Codes Next to UMA in Abia
Codes either side of UMA in the Abia directory.
Have a whole UMA 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.