AFN Plate Number Meaning: Asa, Kwara
The AFN plate number is registered in Asa Local Government Area, Kwara. Those three letters record where the vehicle was first put on the road — not who drives it, and not where it is today.
AFN is issued in Asa, the district administered from Afon. The 2006 census counted 126,435 residents across 1,286 km², about 98 people to the square kilometre. Nigerian plates carry the local government area of registration in their opening three letters, and these are Asa's.
AFN Plates We Have Checked
Plates carrying the AFN 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AFN-236AA | M/BENZ | WHITE | |
| AFN-419AA | MITSUBISHI CARISMA | GREEN | |
| AFN-507AA | MAZDA PREMACY | BLUE | |
| AFN-741AA | MAZDA 323 S/CAR | DARK ASH | |
| AFN-956AA | HONDA ACCORD S/ CAR | DARK BLUE | |
| AFN-222AA | HONDA ACCORD | ASH | |
| AFN-999AA | HONDA ACCORD | NAVY BLUE | |
| AFN-987AA | V/WAGEN GOLF S/CAR | N/SEEN |
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 AFN
- Local Government Area
- Asa
- State
- Kwara
- Headquarters
- Afon
- Population
- 126,435 (2006)
- Area
- 1,286 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 AFN Code Does and Does Not Tell You
A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so AFN places the paperwork in Asa. 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 AFN plate away from Kwara 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 AFN plate number
What does the AFN plate number mean?
AFN is the registration code of Asa Local Government Area in Kwara. 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 AFN plate number from?
Kwara. The code identifies the local government area — Asa — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.
Codes Next to AFN in Kwara
Codes either side of AFN in the Kwara directory.
Have a whole AFN 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.