GSW Plate Number Meaning: Gabasawa, Kano
The GSW plate number is registered in Gabasawa Local Government Area, Kano. Those three letters record where the vehicle was first put on the road — not who drives it, and not where it is today.
GSW belongs to Gabasawa, whose seat is at Zakirai. About 211,055 people were counted there in 2006 across 605 km², some 349 to the square kilometre. Three letters, digits, then two letters — only the first group of a Nigerian plate is a place.
GSW Plates We Have Checked
Plates carrying the GSW 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GSW-305AA | Toyota Matrix | Grey | |
| GSW-419AA | PEUGEOT 307 | CUSTOM | |
| GSW-111AA | VOLKSWAGEN GOLF | 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 GSW
- Local Government Area
- Gabasawa
- State
- Kano
- Headquarters
- Zakirai
- Population
- 211,055 (2006)
- Area
- 605 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 GSW Code Does and Does Not Tell You
A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so GSW places the paperwork in Gabasawa. 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 GSW plate away from Kano 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 GSW plate number
What does the GSW plate number mean?
GSW is the registration code of Gabasawa Local Government Area in Kano. 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 GSW plate number from?
Kano. The code identifies the local government area — Gabasawa — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.
Codes Next to GSW in Kano
Codes either side of GSW in the Kano directory.
Have a whole GSW 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.