Plate code

GAM Plate Number Meaning: Gamawa, Bauchi

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

GAM marks Gamawa, run from Gamawa town. Around 286,388 people lived across its 2,925 km² at the 2006 census, about 98 for every square kilometre. The three letters are a registration fact and can be looked up long after a sale.

GAM Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the GAM 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
GAM-128AA HONDA ACCORD M/GREEN
GAM-174AA Galaxy Ford Custom
GAM-236AA OPEL VECTRA RED
GAM-305AA TOYOTA Toyota Camry Custom
GAM-222AA Honda Accord Custom
GAM-123AA Toyota Corolla 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 GAM

Local Government Area
Gamawa
State
Bauchi
Headquarters
Gamawa
Population
286,388 (2006)
Area
2,925 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 GAM Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so GAM places the paperwork in Gamawa. 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 GAM plate away from Bauchi 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 GAM plate number

What does the GAM plate number mean?

GAM is the registration code of Gamawa Local Government Area in Bauchi. 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 GAM plate number from?

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

Codes Next to GAM in Bauchi

Codes either side of GAM in the Bauchi directory.

All Bauchi plate number codes

Have a whole GAM 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.