GWB Plate Number Meaning: Ugwunagbo, Abia
The GWB plate number is registered in Ugwunagbo Local Government Area, Abia. Those three letters record where the vehicle was first put on the road — not who drives it, and not where it is today.
GWB marks Ugwunagbo. Around 97,710 people were recorded there in 2011, spread over 108 km², roughly 905 to the square kilometre. Reading a Nigerian plate starts with letters like these, which fix the registration to a district rather than to a series or a batch.
GWB Plates We Have Checked
Plates carrying the GWB 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GWB-128AA | Toyota Sienna | Custom | |
| GWB-174AA | Volvo 240 G.L S/Car | Blue | |
| GWB-236AA | M/Benz 190e Saloon | Custom | |
| GWB-305AA | M/Benz 200 V/Boot | Custom | |
| GWB-419AA | Toyota Camry | Custom | |
| GWB-507AA | Toyota Camry | Custom | |
| GWB-628AA | V/Wagen Jetta S/C | Custom | |
| GWB-741AA | M/Benz 230 Saloon | Blue | |
| GWB-853AA | M/Benz S/Car | Custom | |
| GWB-956AA | M/Benz 230 E | Custom | |
| GWB-111AA | V/Wagon Passat | Custom | |
| GWB-222AA | Volvo 240 Saloon Car | Green |
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.
What GWB Plates Look Like
Counted from the 15 GWB plates we hold. It describes what we have seen, not the vehicle register — and the colour is the paint on the car, which is a different question from the colour of the plate itself. What plate colours mean
The District Behind GWB
- Local Government Area
- Ugwunagbo
- State
- Abia
- Population
- 97,710 (2011)
- Area
- 108 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 GWB Code Does and Does Not Tell You
A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so GWB places the paperwork in Ugwunagbo. 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 GWB plate away from Abia 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 GWB plate number
What does the GWB plate number mean?
GWB is the registration code of Ugwunagbo Local Government Area in Abia. 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 GWB plate number from?
Abia. The code identifies the local government area — Ugwunagbo — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.
Codes Next to GWB in Abia
Codes either side of GWB in the Abia directory.
Have a whole GWB 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.