Plate code

GUS Plate Number Meaning: Gusau, Zamfara

The GUS plate number is registered in Gusau Local Government Area, Zamfara. 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 GUS code — Gusau, Zamfara
A plate issued in Gusau carries the GUS code. The characters after it are a sample, not a real registration.

GUS marks Gusau, administered from Gusau town. Around 383,162 people lived across its 3,364 km² at the 2006 census, about 114 to the square kilometre. Its plates turn up far beyond the state, because a code follows the vehicle rather than its owner's address.

GUS Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the GUS 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
GUS-222AA HONDA ACCORD GOLDEN

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 GUS

Local Government Area
Gusau
State
Zamfara
Headquarters
Gusau
Population
383,162 (2006)
Area
3,364 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 GUS Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so GUS places the paperwork in Gusau. 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 GUS plate away from Zamfara 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 GUS plate number

What does the GUS plate number mean?

GUS is the registration code of Gusau Local Government Area in Zamfara. 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 GUS plate number from?

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

Have a whole GUS 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.