BNK Plate Number Meaning: Bunkure, Kano
The BNK plate number is registered in Bunkure Local Government Area, Kano. Those three letters record where the vehicle was first put on the road — not who drives it, and not where it is today.
BNK marks Bunkure, seat at Bunkure town. Around 170,891 people lived across its 487 km² in 2006, about 351 to the square kilometre. A plate lookup returns the district and the state behind three letters, and nothing about who owns the vehicle.
BNK Plates We Have Checked
Plates carrying the BNK 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BNK-128AA | Honda Accord | 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 BNK
- Local Government Area
- Bunkure
- State
- Kano
- Headquarters
- Bunkure
- Population
- 170,891 (2006)
- Area
- 487 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 BNK Code Does and Does Not Tell You
A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so BNK places the paperwork in Bunkure. 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 BNK plate away from Kano 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 BNK plate number
What does the BNK plate number mean?
BNK is the registration code of Bunkure Local Government Area in Kano. 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 BNK plate number from?
Kano. The code identifies the local government area — Bunkure — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.
Codes Next to BNK in Kano
Codes either side of BNK in the Kano directory.
Have a whole BNK 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.