GJW Plate Number Meaning: Ganjuwa, Bauchi
The GJW plate number is registered in Ganjuwa 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.
Ganjuwa registers as GJW. The 2006 census put 280,486 residents on 5,059 km², roughly 55 to the square kilometre. Nigerian codes belong to districts rather than to series or model years, so an older plate decodes exactly like a new one.
GJW Plates We Have Checked
Plates carrying the GJW 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GJW-128AA | FIAT | DARK BLUE | |
| GJW-174AA | TOYOTA COROLLA | CUSTOM | |
| GJW-236AA | MERCEDES-BENZ 200 | CUSTOM | |
| GJW-305AA | TOYOTA CARINA II | WHITE | |
| GJW-419AA | PEUGEOT 406 | BROWN | |
| GJW-507AA | HONDA CIVIC | ASH | |
| GJW-111AA | OPEL ZAFIRA 2000 | CUSTOM | |
| GJW-222AA | M/Benz Saloon | Custom | |
| GJW-123AA | PEUGEOT PEUGEOT 406 | 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 GJW
- Local Government Area
- Ganjuwa
- State
- Bauchi
- Headquarters
- Kafin Madaki
- Population
- 280,486 (2006)
- Area
- 5,059 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 GJW Code Does and Does Not Tell You
A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so GJW places the paperwork in Ganjuwa. 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 GJW 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 GJW plate number
What does the GJW plate number mean?
GJW is the registration code of Ganjuwa 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 GJW plate number from?
Bauchi. The code identifies the local government area — Ganjuwa — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.
Codes Next to GJW in Bauchi
Codes either side of GJW in the Bauchi directory.
Have a whole GJW 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.