UYY Plate Number Meaning: Uyo, Akwa Ibom
The UYY plate number is registered in Uyo Local Government Area, Akwa Ibom. Those three letters record where the vehicle was first put on the road — not who drives it, and not where it is today.
Uyo registers vehicles as UYY, from Uyo town. The 2006 census counted 427,873 residents across 362 km², about 1,182 to the square kilometre, and it is the most populous district in Akwa Ibom. The plate code is nonetheless one of thirty-one equals: every local government area gets exactly one.
UYY Plates We Have Checked
Plates carrying the UYY 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| UYY-128AA | NISSAN PRIMERA | CUSTOM | |
| UYY-174AA | MITSHIBUSHI L300 L300 | SKY BLUE | |
| UYY-305AA | VOLKSWAGEN GOLF | BLACK | |
| UYY-419AA | MAZDA P/UP | Custom | |
| UYY-507AA | TOYOTA SIENNA | - | |
| UYY-628AA | NISSAN PRIMERA | CUSTOM | |
| UYY-741AA | MERCEDES-BENZ 190 | CUSTOM | |
| UYY-853AA | NISSAN PREMERA | CUSTOM | |
| UYY-956AA | M/BENZ 230 | BLACK | |
| UYY-222AA | TOYOTA HILUX | CUSTOM | |
| UYY-999AA | NISSAN ALMERA | CUSTOM | |
| UYY-987AA | Mercedes Benz | Blue |
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 UYY Plates Look Like
Counted from the 12 UYY 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 UYY
- Local Government Area
- Uyo
- State
- Akwa Ibom
- Headquarters
- Uyo
- Population
- 427,873 (2006)
- Area
- 362 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 UYY Code Does and Does Not Tell You
A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so UYY places the paperwork in Uyo. 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 UYY plate away from Akwa Ibom 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 UYY plate number
What does the UYY plate number mean?
UYY is the registration code of Uyo Local Government Area in Akwa Ibom. 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 UYY plate number from?
Akwa Ibom. The code identifies the local government area — Uyo — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.
Codes Next to UYY in Akwa Ibom
Codes either side of UYY in the Akwa Ibom directory.
Have a whole UYY 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.