Plate code

GGW Plate Number Meaning: Gagarawa, Jigawa

The GGW plate number is registered in Gagarawa 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.

Nigerian number plate with the GGW code — Gagarawa, Jigawa
A plate issued in Gagarawa carries the GGW code. The characters after it are a sample, not a real registration.

GGW is issued in Gagarawa. The 2006 census recorded 80,394 residents over 654 km², about 123 to the square kilometre. Allocation follows local government areas rather than population, so a small district receives a full code exactly like a large one.

GGW Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the GGW 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
GGW-174AA HONDA ACCORD 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 GGW

Local Government Area
Gagarawa
State
Jigawa
Population
80,394 (2006)
Area
654 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 GGW Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so GGW places the paperwork in Gagarawa. 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 GGW 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 GGW plate number

What does the GGW plate number mean?

GGW is the registration code of Gagarawa 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 GGW plate number from?

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

Codes Next to GGW in Jigawa

Codes either side of GGW in the Jigawa directory.

All Jigawa plate number codes

Have a whole GGW 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.