“Coal City State” : Alphanumeric Codes On Enugu State License Plate Numbers And Their Meaning

“Coal City State” : What the Alphanumeric (consisting of both letters and numerals) codes on Enugu State License Plates stands for. 

The unique number plate combination used by Private and Commercial vehicles is in the format ABC-123DE. 

The first three letters (ABC) indicates the Local Government Area (LGA) where the vehicle is registered.

Vehicle Registration Plates (license plate number) issued to both private and commercial vehicles in Enugu State have the name and the unique slogan of the State, “Coal City State”, displayed at the top centre of the plate.

Like any other plates issued across the country, the unique plate combination is in the format ABC-123DE, with each of the first three letters (ABC) indicating the Local Government Areas (LGA) in Enugu or Licensing Office where the vehicle is registered.

The following are the first three letters on Enugu State plate numbers and the Local Government Areas (LGA) in which they were registered.

ANINRI – DBR

AWGU – AWG

ENUGU-EAST – NKW

ENUGU-NORTH – ENU

ENUGU-SOUTH – UWN

EZEAGU – AGW

IGBO-ETTI – GBD

IGBO-EZE-NORTH – ENZ

IGBO-EZE-SOUTH – BBG

ISI-UZO – KEM

NKANU-EAST – MGL

NKANU-WEST – AGN

NSUKKA – NSK

OJI-RIVER – JRV

UDENU – BLF

UDI – UDD

UZO-UWANI – UMU

ABC-123DE

In addition to the first three letters, which indicates the Local Government Areas (LGA) in which they were registered, the next three digits on the number plates are numbers while the last two letters are used for numbering.

Like other plates issued across the Nation, license plates generally have white background while the color of the numbers varies by vehicle type. Numbers is imprinted in blue for Private vehicles while Commercial vehicles like Danfo buses use red.

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