Plate code

BKR Plate Number Meaning: Bakori, Katsina

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

BKR belongs to Bakori, whose seat is at Bakori town. About 641,576 people were recorded there in 2006 across 679 km², some 945 to the square kilometre. A code is fixed when a vehicle is first papered and follows it through every later sale.

BKR Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the BKR 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
BKR-305AA MERCEDES-BENZ 190 N/A
BKR-419AA 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.

The District Behind BKR

Local Government Area
Bakori
State
Katsina
Headquarters
Bakori
Population
641,576 (2006)
Area
679 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 BKR Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so BKR places the paperwork in Bakori. 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 BKR plate away from Katsina 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 BKR plate number

What does the BKR plate number mean?

BKR is the registration code of Bakori Local Government Area in Katsina. 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 BKR plate number from?

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

Codes Next to BKR in Katsina

Codes either side of BKR in the Katsina directory.

All Katsina plate number codes

Have a whole BKR 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.