BKD Plate Number Meaning: Birnin-Kudu, Jigawa
The BKD plate number is registered in Birnin-Kudu Local Government Area, Jigawa. Those three letters record where the vehicle was first put on the road — not who drives it, and not where it is today.
BKD belongs to Birnin Kudu, whose seat is at Birnin Kudu town, with about 419,800 residents recorded in 2006. A code is fixed when a car is first registered and follows it through every later sale, so the letters record where its paperwork began rather than where it is kept.
BKD Plates We Have Checked
Plates carrying the BKD 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BKD-236AA | PEUGEOT 406 | NIL | |
| BKD-628AA | VOLKSWAGEN GOLF | CUSTOM | |
| BKD-956AA | TOYOTA CAMRY | NA | |
| BKD-222AA | HONDA CRV JEEP | NIL |
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 BKD
- Local Government Area
- Birnin-Kudu
- State
- Jigawa
- Headquarters
- Birnin Kudu
- Population
- 419,800 (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 BKD Code Does and Does Not Tell You
A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so BKD places the paperwork in Birnin-Kudu. 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 BKD plate away from Jigawa 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 BKD plate number
What does the BKD plate number mean?
BKD is the registration code of Birnin-Kudu Local Government Area in Jigawa. 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 BKD plate number from?
Jigawa. The code identifies the local government area — Birnin-Kudu — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.
Codes Next to BKD in Jigawa
Codes either side of BKD in the Jigawa directory.
Have a whole BKD 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.