AWK Plate Number Meaning: Awka-South, Anambra
The AWK plate number is registered in Awka-South Local Government Area, Anambra. Those three letters record where the vehicle was first put on the road — not who drives it, and not where it is today.
AWK is issued in Awka South, administered from Awka. Around 270,300 residents (2022) live across 164.20 km², some 1,646 to the square kilometre. Codes belong to districts rather than to towns, so neighbouring settlements inside the same local government area share these letters.
AWK Plates We Have Checked
Plates carrying the AWK 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AWK-128AA | TOYOTA CAMRY | BROWN | |
| AWK-236AA | LEXUS RX 300 | CUSTOM | |
| AWK-305AA | Toyota Hiace Bus | White | |
| AWK-507AA | VOLVO 740 VOLVO 740 CAR | WHITE | |
| AWK-628AA | v/Wagen Vento Car | Green | |
| AWK-741AA | VOLKS WAGEN GOLF | RED | |
| AWK-853AA | MITSUBISHI SPACE RUNNER | BLUE | |
| AWK-956AA | AUDI 80 | DEEP BLUE | |
| AWK-111AA | Honda Accord Car | Ash | |
| AWK-222AA | Peugeot 206 Sal Car | Blue | |
| AWK-123AA | TOYOTA PICNIC | CUSTOM | |
| AWK-987AA | volks wagen Audi 80 | Green |
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 AWK Plates Look Like
Counted from the 12 AWK 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 AWK
- Local Government Area
- Awka-South
- State
- Anambra
- Headquarters
- Awka
- Population
- 270,300 (2022)
- Area
- 164.2 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 AWK Code Does and Does Not Tell You
A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so AWK places the paperwork in Awka-South. 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 AWK plate away from Anambra 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 AWK plate number
What does the AWK plate number mean?
AWK is the registration code of Awka-South Local Government Area in Anambra. 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 AWK plate number from?
Anambra. The code identifies the local government area — Awka-South — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.
Codes Next to AWK in Anambra
Codes either side of AWK in the Anambra directory.
Have a whole AWK 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.