Plate code

GWT Plate Number Meaning: Sanga, Kaduna

The GWT plate number is registered in Sanga 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.

Nigerian number plate with the GWT code — Sanga, Kaduna
A plate issued in Sanga carries the GWT code. The characters after it are a sample, not a real registration.

GWT marks Sanga, seat at Gwantu. Around 151,485 people lived across its 1,821 km² in 2006, about 83 to the square kilometre. A plate lookup returns the district and the state behind three letters — never an owner, whom the register does not publish.

GWT Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the GWT 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
GWT-128AA TOYOTA COROLLA CUSTOM
GWT-174AA ASX Custom
GWT-305AA TOYOTA toyota corolla custom
GWT-419AA Corolla Custom
GWT-628AA VOLKSWAGEN GOLF NA
GWT-741AA TOYOTA SIENNA GOLD
GWT-853AA TOYOTA HIGHLANDER GREEN
GWT-111AA VOLKSWAGEN volkswagen - golf CUSTOM
GWT-222AA MERCEDES-BENZ 190 LIGHT ASH
GWT-123AA VOLKSWAGEN GOLF CUSTOM
GWT-987AA Toyota Camry Silver

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 GWT Plates Look Like

11 Plates checked
Toyota Most common make — 6 of 10 records

Counted from the 11 GWT 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 GWT

Local Government Area
Sanga
State
Kaduna
Headquarters
Gwantu
Population
151,485 (2006)
Area
1,821 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 GWT Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so GWT places the paperwork in Sanga. 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 GWT 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 GWT plate number

What does the GWT plate number mean?

GWT is the registration code of Sanga 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 GWT plate number from?

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

Codes Next to GWT in Kaduna

Codes either side of GWT in the Kaduna directory.

All Kaduna plate number codes

Have a whole GWT 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.