AKW Plate Number Meaning: Akwanga, Nasarawa
The AKW plate number is registered in Akwanga Local Government Area, Nasarawa. Those three letters record where the vehicle was first put on the road — not who drives it, and not where it is today.
AKW is issued in Akwanga, the district administered from Akwanga town. With 513,930 residents at the 2006 census it is the most populous district in Nasarawa State, spread across 996 km² — about 516 people to the square kilometre. The code is fixed at registration and carried by the vehicle afterwards.
AKW Plates We Have Checked
Plates carrying the AKW 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AKW-128AA | Peugeot 406 | Custom | |
| AKW-236AA | Toyota Highlander Jeep | Green | |
| AKW-305AA | OPEL VECTRA | ASH | |
| AKW-507AA | RANGE ROVER JEEP LAND ROVER | BLACK | |
| AKW-628AA | HONDA ACCORD | CUSTOM | |
| AKW-853AA | RENAULT SCENIC | BLUE | |
| AKW-956AA | TOYOTA 2Y LATAECE | CUSTOM | |
| AKW-111AA | TOYOTA SIENNA | BLUE | |
| AKW-999AA | 407 | Custom | |
| AKW-123AA | TOYOTA HIGHLANDER | ARMY GREEN | |
| AKW-987AA | VOLKSWAGEN GOLF | 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.
What AKW Plates Look Like
Counted from the 11 AKW plates we hold. It describes what we have seen, not the vehicle register — and the colour is the paint on the car, which is a different question from the colour of the plate itself. What plate colours mean
The District Behind AKW
- Local Government Area
- Akwanga
- State
- Nasarawa
- Headquarters
- Akwanga
- Population
- 513,930 (2006)
- Area
- 996 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 AKW Code Does and Does Not Tell You
A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so AKW places the paperwork in Akwanga. 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 AKW plate away from Nasarawa 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 AKW plate number
What does the AKW plate number mean?
AKW is the registration code of Akwanga Local Government Area in Nasarawa. 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 AKW plate number from?
Nasarawa. The code identifies the local government area — Akwanga — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.
Codes Next to AKW in Nasarawa
Codes either side of AKW in the Nasarawa directory.
Have a whole AKW 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.