BNW Plate Number Meaning: Birniwa, Jigawa
The BNW plate number is registered in Birniwa 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.
Birniwa uses BNW. The 2006 census put 142,329 people on 1,567 km², near 91 for every square kilometre. The letters are the geographic part of the plate; the digits and closing pair that follow belong to the individual vehicle and can be decoded from nothing.
BNW Plates We Have Checked
Plates carrying the BNW 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BNW-128AA | TOYOTA CAMRY | CUSTOM | |
| BNW-174AA | VOLKSWAGEN GOLF | Custom | |
| BNW-236AA | VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT | Custom | |
| BNW-111AA | HONDA CRV | Custom | |
| BNW-222AA | RENAULT SCENIC | 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 BNW
- Local Government Area
- Birniwa
- State
- Jigawa
- Population
- 142,329 (2006)
- Area
- 1,567 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 BNW Code Does and Does Not Tell You
A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so BNW places the paperwork in Birniwa. 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 BNW 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 BNW plate number
What does the BNW plate number mean?
BNW is the registration code of Birniwa 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 BNW plate number from?
Jigawa. The code identifies the local government area — Birniwa — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.
Codes Next to BNW in Jigawa
Codes either side of BNW in the Jigawa directory.
Have a whole BNW 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.