Plate code

KAL Plate Number Meaning: Katsina-Ala, Benue

The KAL plate number is registered in Katsina-Ala Local Government Area, Benue. 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 KAL code — Katsina-Ala, Benue
A plate issued in Katsina-Ala carries the KAL code. The characters after it are a sample, not a real registration.

KAL is issued in Katsina-Ala, seat at Katsina Ala. The 2006 census counted 224,718 residents over 2,402 km², roughly 94 to the square kilometre. Codes are assigned per local government area and are not recycled between them. That makes the code a stable marker of where a registration was opened.

KAL Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the KAL 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
KAL-128AA TOYOTA RAVA 4 RED
KAL-236AA TOYOTA COROLLA RED
KAL-305AA Corolla Grey
KAL-419AA VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT GREY
KAL-507AA HONDA CRV DARK
KAL-628AA HONDA ACCORD ACCORD GREEN
KAL-741AA MERCEDES-BENZ 230 BLUE
KAL-956AA PEUGEOT 504 BLUE
KAL-222AA Focus Ash
KAL-999AA VOLVO V70XCS/WAGON STATION WAGON 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 KAL Plates Look Like

10 Plates checked
Toyota Most common make — 3 of 10 records

Counted from the 10 KAL 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 KAL

Local Government Area
Katsina-Ala
State
Benue
Headquarters
Katsina Ala
Population
224,718 (2006)
Area
2,402 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 KAL Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so KAL places the paperwork in Katsina-Ala. 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 KAL plate away from Benue 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 KAL plate number

What does the KAL plate number mean?

KAL is the registration code of Katsina-Ala Local Government Area in Benue. 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 KAL plate number from?

Benue. The code identifies the local government area — Katsina-Ala — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.

Codes Next to KAL in Benue

Codes either side of KAL in the Benue directory.

All Benue plate number codes

Have a whole KAL 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.