Plate code

KAG Plate Number Meaning: Rafi, Niger

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

KAG is issued in Rafi, whose seat is at Kagara. About 181,929 people were recorded there in 2006 across 3,680 km², some 49 to the square kilometre. Codes name districts rather than towns, so settlements inside the area share these letters.

KAG Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the KAG 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
KAG-128AA Opel Astra 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 KAG

Local Government Area
Rafi
State
Niger
Headquarters
Kagara
Population
181,929 (2006)
Area
3,680 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 KAG Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so KAG places the paperwork in Rafi. 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 KAG plate away from Niger 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 KAG plate number

What does the KAG plate number mean?

KAG is the registration code of Rafi Local Government Area in Niger. 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 KAG plate number from?

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

Codes Next to KAG in Niger

Codes either side of KAG in the Niger directory.

All Niger plate number codes

Have a whole KAG 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.