GAS Plate Number Meaning: Gassol, Taraba
The GAS plate number is registered in Gassol Local Government Area, Taraba. Those three letters record where the vehicle was first put on the road — not who drives it, and not where it is today.
GAS belongs to Gassol. About 244,749 people were recorded there in 2006 across 5,548 km², some 44 to the square kilometre. The letters are the geographic part of the plate; the digits and the closing pair that follow belong to the individual vehicle.
GAS Plates We Have Checked
Plates carrying the GAS 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GAS-111AA | Jetta Saloon | 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 GAS
- Local Government Area
- Gassol
- State
- Taraba
- Headquarters
- Mutum Biyu
- Population
- 244,749 (2006)
- Area
- 5,548 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 GAS Code Does and Does Not Tell You
A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so GAS places the paperwork in Gassol. 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 GAS plate away from Taraba 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 GAS plate number
What does the GAS plate number mean?
GAS is the registration code of Gassol Local Government Area in Taraba. 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 GAS plate number from?
Taraba. The code identifies the local government area — Gassol — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.
Codes Next to GAS in Taraba
Codes either side of GAS in the Taraba directory.
Have a whole GAS 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.