Plate code

AJG Plate Number Meaning: Ajingi, Kano

The AJG plate number is registered in Ajingi Local Government Area, Kano. 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 AJG code — Ajingi, Kano
A plate issued in Ajingi carries the AJG code. The characters after it are a sample, not a real registration.

Ajingi registers vehicles as AJG. Its population was 174,137 at the 2006 census, spread over 714 km² — roughly 244 for every square kilometre. Kano State uses forty-four codes, one for each of its local government areas, and a plate carries the one it was issued under.

AJG Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the AJG 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
AJG-174AA VOLKSWAGEN GOLF N/A
AJG-236AA VOLKSWAGEN GOLF N/A
AJG-305AA TOYOTA MATRIX N/A
AJG-507AA Saab Salon Grey
AJG-853AA CHEVROLET SPARK GREY
AJG-111AA HONDA FIT CUSTOM

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 AJG

Local Government Area
Ajingi
State
Kano
Headquarters
Ajingi
Population
174,137 (2006)
Area
714 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 AJG Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so AJG places the paperwork in Ajingi. 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 AJG plate away from Kano 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 AJG plate number

What does the AJG plate number mean?

AJG is the registration code of Ajingi Local Government Area in Kano. 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 AJG plate number from?

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

Codes Next to AJG in Kano

Codes either side of AJG in the Kano directory.

All Kano plate number codes

Have a whole AJG 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.