GKW Plate Number Meaning: Giwa, Kaduna
The GKW plate number is registered in Giwa 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.
Giwa, administered from Giwa town, uses GKW. The 2006 census put 286,427 residents on 2,066 km², near 139 for every square kilometre. The letters are the geographic part of the plate; the digits and closing pair belong to the individual car.
GKW Plates We Have Checked
Plates carrying the GKW 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GKW-128AA | VOLKSWAGEN GOLF | CUSTOM | |
| GKW-174AA | MITSUBISHI SUV | OTHERS | |
| GKW-305AA | NISSAN SALON | CUSTOM | |
| GKW-507AA | HONDA ACCORD | CUSTOM | |
| GKW-956AA | PEUGEOT 307 | ASH | |
| GKW-111AA | M/BENZ M/BENZ CAR | CUSTOM | |
| GKW-123AA | VOLKSWAGEN | CUSTOM | |
| GKW-987AA | HONDA CIVIC | ASH |
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 GKW
- Local Government Area
- Giwa
- State
- Kaduna
- Headquarters
- Giwa
- Population
- 286,427 (2006)
- Area
- 2,066 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 GKW Code Does and Does Not Tell You
A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so GKW places the paperwork in Giwa. 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 GKW 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 GKW plate number
What does the GKW plate number mean?
GKW is the registration code of Giwa 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 GKW plate number from?
Kaduna. The code identifies the local government area — Giwa — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.
Codes Next to GKW in Kaduna
Codes either side of GKW in the Kaduna directory.
Have a whole GKW 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.