Plate code

AAW Plate Number Meaning: Egbedore, Osun

The AAW plate number is registered in Egbedore Local Government Area, Osun. Those three letters record where the vehicle was first put on the road — not who drives it, and not where it is today.

Nigerian number plate with the AAW code — Egbedore, Osun
A plate issued in Egbedore carries the AAW code. The characters after it are a sample, not a real registration.

AAW is issued in Egbedore, the district administered from Awo. The 2006 census counted 74,435 residents across 270 km², about 276 people to the square kilometre. Nigerian plates open with three letters for the local government area of registration, and this district holds these for as long as the plates last.

AAW Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the AAW 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
AAW-741AA TOYOTA COROLLA SILVER
AAW-853AA HONDA SHUHLE GREEN
AAW-999AA TOYOTA VENZA 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 AAW

Local Government Area
Egbedore
State
Osun
Headquarters
Awo
Population
74,435 (2006)
Area
270 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 AAW Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so AAW places the paperwork in Egbedore. 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 AAW plate away from Osun 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 AAW plate number

What does the AAW plate number mean?

AAW is the registration code of Egbedore Local Government Area in Osun. 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 AAW plate number from?

Osun. The code identifies the local government area — Egbedore — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.

Have a whole AAW 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.