YRE Plate Number Meaning: Oluyole, Oyo
The YRE plate number is registered in Oluyole Local Government Area, Oyo. Those three letters record where the vehicle was first put on the road — not who drives it, and not where it is today.
Oluyole, seat at Idi-Ayunre, uses YRE. About 202,725 people were recorded there in 2006 over 629 km², some 322 for every square kilometre. The code is fixed at registration and follows the vehicle wherever it is driven afterwards. They are read left to right, ahead of the digits.
YRE Plates We Have Checked
Plates carrying the YRE 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| YRE-128AA | Golf Lift Back | Blue | |
| YRE-305AA | Toyota Carina E | Grey | |
| YRE-419AA | Toyota Camry | Green | |
| YRE-507AA | M/Benz 230 S/Car | Yellow | |
| YRE-741AA | Nissan Almera | Ash | |
| YRE-853AA | VOLKSWAGEN GOLF | BLACK | |
| YRE-111AA | Nissan Primera S/Car | Custom | |
| YRE-222AA | Peug 406 s/Car | Blue | |
| YRE-123AA | Toyota Corola S/Car | White |
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 YRE
- Local Government Area
- Oluyole
- State
- Oyo
- Headquarters
- Idi-Ayunre
- Population
- 202,725 (2006)
- Area
- 629 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 YRE Code Does and Does Not Tell You
A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so YRE places the paperwork in Oluyole. 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 YRE plate away from Oyo 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 YRE plate number
What does the YRE plate number mean?
YRE is the registration code of Oluyole Local Government Area in Oyo. 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 YRE plate number from?
Oyo. The code identifies the local government area — Oluyole — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.
Codes Next to YRE in Oyo
Codes either side of YRE in the Oyo directory.
Have a whole YRE 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.