BTR Plate Number Meaning: Batsari, Katsina
The BTR plate number is registered in Batsari 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.
BTR marks Batsari. Around 208,978 people lived across its 1,107 km² at the 2006 census, about 189 to the square kilometre. A plate lookup returns the district and the state behind three letters, and never the name of an owner.
BTR Plates We Have Checked
Plates carrying the BTR 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BTR-236AA | VOLKSWAGEN SHAROON | CUSTOM | |
| BTR-305AA | TOYOTA MATRIX | CUSTOM | |
| BTR-419AA | TOYOTA COROLLA | ||
| BTR-222AA | TOYOTA JEEP | 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 BTR
- Local Government Area
- Batsari
- State
- Katsina
- Population
- 208,978 (2006)
- Area
- 1,107 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 BTR Code Does and Does Not Tell You
A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so BTR places the paperwork in Batsari. 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 BTR 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 BTR plate number
What does the BTR plate number mean?
BTR is the registration code of Batsari 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 BTR plate number from?
Katsina. The code identifies the local government area — Batsari — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.
Codes Next to BTR in Katsina
Codes either side of BTR in the Katsina directory.
Have a whole BTR 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.