HKW Plate Number Meaning: Ohaukwu, Ebonyi
The HKW plate number is registered in Ohaukwu Local Government Area, Ebonyi. Those three letters record where the vehicle was first put on the road — not who drives it, and not where it is today.
Ohaukwu, run from Ezzambo, uses HKW. About 291,300 people (2022) share 707.80 km², some 412 for every square kilometre. The code follows the vehicle rather than the driver, so it can be checked long after a sale has been forgotten.
HKW Plates We Have Checked
Plates carrying the HKW 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HKW-128AA | Toyota Carina 11 | Custom | |
| HKW-236AA | M/Benz 230 | Custom | |
| HKW-305AA | V/Wagen Sentena Sal Car | Custom | |
| HKW-419AA | TOYOTA COROLLA | GREY | |
| HKW-507AA | Toyota Panel Van | Custom | |
| HKW-628AA | Nissan Primera | Custom | |
| HKW-741AA | Volvo 5580 | Custom | |
| HKW-956AA | E 240 | Ash | |
| HKW-111AA | Lexus 570 Jeep | Custom | |
| HKW-222AA | M/Benz 190 | Custom | |
| HKW-123AA | Audi A6 Car | Custom | |
| HKW-987AA | TOYOTA CAMRY | 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.
What HKW Plates Look Like
Counted from the 12 HKW 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 HKW
- Local Government Area
- Ohaukwu
- State
- Ebonyi
- Headquarters
- Ezzambo
- Population
- 291,300 (2022)
- Area
- 707.8 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 HKW Code Does and Does Not Tell You
A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so HKW places the paperwork in Ohaukwu. 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 HKW plate away from Ebonyi 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 HKW plate number
What does the HKW plate number mean?
HKW is the registration code of Ohaukwu Local Government Area in Ebonyi. 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 HKW plate number from?
Ebonyi. The code identifies the local government area — Ohaukwu — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.
Codes Next to HKW in Ebonyi
Codes either side of HKW in the Ebonyi directory.
Have a whole HKW 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.