YLW Plate Number Meaning: Yauri, Kebbi
The YLW plate number is registered in Yauri Local Government Area, Kebbi. Those three letters record where the vehicle was first put on the road — not who drives it, and not where it is today.
YLW is the Yauri code, run from Yelwa, with a recorded population of about 112,000 across 3,380 km² — roughly 33 people to the square kilometre. A plate check answers where a vehicle was registered, and a VIN check has to answer everything else.
YLW Plates We Have Checked
Plates carrying the YLW 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| YLW-128AA | Golf 3 Wagon | Custom | |
| YLW-174AA | Toyota Avensis | Custom | |
| YLW-236AA | Toyota Starlet | Custom | |
| YLW-507AA | Peugeot 406 | Custom | |
| YLW-628AA | Toyota Corolla | Custom | |
| YLW-741AA | Ford Focus | Custom | |
| YLW-853AA | TOYOTA TOYOTA COROLLA | N/A | |
| YLW-111AA | ALMERA 2006 | CUSTOM | |
| YLW-222AA | Honda Accord | Custom | |
| YLW-999AA | TOYOTA CAMRY | 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 YLW Plates Look Like
Counted from the 10 YLW 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 YLW
- Local Government Area
- Yauri
- State
- Kebbi
- Headquarters
- Yelwa
- Population
- 112,000
- Area
- 3,380 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 YLW Code Does and Does Not Tell You
A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so YLW places the paperwork in Yauri. 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 YLW plate away from Kebbi 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 YLW plate number
What does the YLW plate number mean?
YLW is the registration code of Yauri Local Government Area in Kebbi. 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 YLW plate number from?
Kebbi. The code identifies the local government area — Yauri — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.
Codes Next to YLW in Kebbi
Codes either side of YLW in the Kebbi directory.
Have a whole YLW 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.