YUN Plate Number Meaning: Yunusari, Yobe
The YUN plate number is registered in Yunusari Local Government Area, Yobe. Those three letters record where the vehicle was first put on the road — not who drives it, and not where it is today.
YUN belongs to Yunusari, administered from Kanamma. About 125,821 people were recorded there in 2006 across 3,790 km², near 33 to the square kilometre. Each district in the state has exactly one code, and a plate carries the one it was issued under.
YUN Plates We Have Checked
Plates carrying the YUN 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| YUN-236AA | HYUNDAI GALLOPER | CUSTOM | |
| YUN-111AA | TOYOTA SIENNA | GOLDEN | |
| YUN-222AA | TOYOTA CORROLA | GOLD | |
| YUN-123AA | HONDA ACC0RD | ASH |
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 YUN
- Local Government Area
- Yunusari
- State
- Yobe
- Headquarters
- Kanamma
- Population
- 125,821 (2006)
- Area
- 3,790 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 YUN Code Does and Does Not Tell You
A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so YUN places the paperwork in Yunusari. 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 YUN plate away from Yobe 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 YUN plate number
What does the YUN plate number mean?
YUN is the registration code of Yunusari Local Government Area in Yobe. 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 YUN plate number from?
Yobe. The code identifies the local government area — Yunusari — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.
Codes Next to YUN in Yobe
Codes either side of YUN in the Yobe directory.
Have a whole YUN 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.