Plate code

DKA Plate Number Meaning: Kaduna-North, Kaduna

The DKA plate number is registered in Kaduna-North Local Government Area, Kaduna. 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 DKA code — Kaduna-North, Kaduna
A plate issued in Kaduna-North carries the DKA code. The characters after it are a sample, not a real registration.

DKA belongs to Kaduna North, whose council sits at Doka. About 364,575 people were recorded there in 2006 within 70.20 km², some 5,193 to the square kilometre. A code is fixed at first registration and follows the vehicle through every later sale.

DKA Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the DKA 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
DKA-174AA Toyota Matrix Silver
DKA-305AA Honda Accord Saloon Custom
DKA-419AA TOYOTA SIENNA GOLDEN
DKA-222AA Toyota Sienna 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 DKA

Local Government Area
Kaduna-North
State
Kaduna
Headquarters
Doka
Population
364,575 (2006)
Area
70.2 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 DKA Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so DKA places the paperwork in Kaduna-North. 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 DKA plate away from Kaduna 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 DKA plate number

What does the DKA plate number mean?

DKA is the registration code of Kaduna-North Local Government Area in Kaduna. 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 DKA plate number from?

Kaduna. The code identifies the local government area — Kaduna-North — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.

Codes Next to DKA in Kaduna

Codes either side of DKA in the Kaduna directory.

All Kaduna plate number codes

Have a whole DKA 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.