AWG Plate Number Meaning: Awgu, Enugu
The AWG plate number is registered in Awgu Local Government Area, Enugu. Those three letters record where the vehicle was first put on the road — not who drives it, and not where it is today.
AWG belongs to Awgu, run from Awgu town, where the 2006 census recorded 390,681 people. Enugu State uses seventeen codes in all, one for each local government area, and a plate carries the one it was issued under rather than the district it is driven in.
AWG Plates We Have Checked
Plates carrying the AWG 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AWG-128AA | Toyota Sienna | Grey | |
| AWG-174AA | VOLKSWAGEN GOLF | CUSTOM | |
| AWG-507AA | TOYOTA COROLLA 2000 | CUSTOM | |
| AWG-628AA | M/Benz 230 S/C | Custom | |
| AWG-741AA | FORD ECONOLINE E150 | CUSTOM | |
| AWG-111AA | Toyota Corolla Sal | Custom | |
| AWG-123AA | Nissan Pvairie Wagon | 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 AWG
- Local Government Area
- Awgu
- State
- Enugu
- Headquarters
- Awgu
- Population
- 390,681 (2006)
Population and area describe the local government area itself and come from public census and geographic data, not from the plate register.
What the AWG Code Does and Does Not Tell You
A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so AWG places the paperwork in Awgu. 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 AWG plate away from Enugu 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 AWG plate number
What does the AWG plate number mean?
AWG is the registration code of Awgu Local Government Area in Enugu. 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 AWG plate number from?
Enugu. The code identifies the local government area — Awgu — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.
Codes Next to AWG in Enugu
Codes either side of AWG in the Enugu directory.
Have a whole AWG 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.