UML Plate Number Meaning: Isiala-Mbano, Imo
The UML plate number is registered in Isiala-Mbano Local Government Area, Imo. Those three letters record where the vehicle was first put on the road — not who drives it, and not where it is today.
Isiala Mbano, administered from Umuelemai, issues UML. The 2006 census put 198,736 residents on 166 km², near 1,197 for every square kilometre. Reading the code places a registration in a local government area, and that is the whole of what it can do.
UML Plates We Have Checked
Plates carrying the UML 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| UML-128AA | Volvo 960 Sal Car | Custom | |
| UML-174AA | V/Wagen Golf | Custom | |
| UML-236AA | Volkswagen Golf Iii | Custom | |
| UML-305AA | Ram Wagon | Blue | |
| UML-419AA | V/W Audi 80 | Custom | |
| UML-507AA | Lexus Rx300 | Custom | |
| UML-628AA | Avalon | Custom | |
| UML-741AA | LEXUS RX350 | CUSTOM | |
| UML-956AA | NISSAN CARAVAN | GREY | |
| UML-111AA | Honda Civic Car | Custom | |
| UML-222AA | M/Benz 200 Saloon Car | Ash | |
| UML-123AA | Volkswagen Golf 3 | 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 UML Plates Look Like
Counted from the 13 UML 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 UML
- Local Government Area
- Isiala-Mbano
- State
- Imo
- Headquarters
- Umuelemai
- Population
- 198,736 (2006)
- Area
- 166 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 UML Code Does and Does Not Tell You
A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so UML places the paperwork in Isiala-Mbano. 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 UML plate away from Imo 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 UML plate number
What does the UML plate number mean?
UML is the registration code of Isiala-Mbano Local Government Area in Imo. 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 UML plate number from?
Imo. The code identifies the local government area — Isiala-Mbano — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.
Codes Next to UML in Imo
Codes either side of UML in the Imo directory.
Have a whole UML 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.