Plate code

YDB Plate Number Meaning: Yamaltu/Deba, Gombe

The YDB plate number is registered in Yamaltu/Deba Local Government Area, Gombe. Those three letters record where the vehicle was first put on the road — not who drives it, and not where it is today.

Nigerian number plate with the YDB code — Yamaltu/Deba, Gombe
A plate issued in Yamaltu/Deba carries the YDB code. The characters after it are a sample, not a real registration.

Yamaltu/Deba, administered from Deba, registers vehicles as YDB. About 255,248 people were recorded there in 2006 across 1,981 km², some 129 to the square kilometre. The code is issued once and read back later exactly as given, whoever owns the car by then.

YDB Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the YDB 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
YDB-628AA PEUGEOT 406 CUSTOM
YDB-741AA TOYOTA AVENSIS LIGT GREEN
YDB-222AA HONDA ACCORD BLUE
YDB-987AA PEUGEOT 406 GREEN

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 YDB

Local Government Area
Yamaltu/Deba
State
Gombe
Headquarters
Deba
Population
255,248 (2006)
Area
1,981 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 YDB Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so YDB places the paperwork in Yamaltu/Deba. 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 YDB plate away from Gombe 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 YDB plate number

What does the YDB plate number mean?

YDB is the registration code of Yamaltu/Deba Local Government Area in Gombe. 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 YDB plate number from?

Gombe. The code identifies the local government area — Yamaltu/Deba — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.

Codes Next to YDB in Gombe

Codes either side of YDB in the Gombe directory.

All Gombe plate number codes

Have a whole YDB 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.