“The Big Heart” : Codes On Delta State License Plate Numbers And Their Meaning

“The Big Heart” : What the alphanumeric codes on Delta 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 Delta State have the name and the unique slogan of the State, “The Big Heart”, 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 Delta or Licensing Office where the vehicle is registered.

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

ANIOCHA-NORTH – SLK

ANIOCHA-SOUTH – GWK

BOMADI – BMA

BURUTU – BUR

ETHIOPE-EAST – SKL

ETHIOPE-WEST – GRA

IKA-NORTH – AGB

IKA-SOUTH – AYB

ISOKO-NORTH – DSZ

ISOKO-SOUTH – LEH

NDOKWA-EAST – ABH

NDOKWA-WEST – KWC

OKPE – KPE

OSHIMILI-NORTH – AKU

OSHIMILI – ASB

PATANI – PTN

SAPELE – SAP

UDU – ALA

UGHELLI-NORTH – UGH

UGHELLI-SOUTH – JRT

UKWUANI – BKW

UVWIE – EFR

WARRI-CENTRAL – GBJ

WARRI-NORTH – KLK

WARRI-SOUTH – WWR

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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