Plate code

KAM Plate Number Meaning: Akamkpa, Cross River

The KAM plate number is registered in Akamkpa Local Government Area, Cross River. 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 KAM code — Akamkpa, Cross River
A plate issued in Akamkpa carries the KAM code. The characters after it are a sample, not a real registration.

KAM marks Akamkpa, whose seat is the town of the same name. About 151,125 residents lived across its 5,003 km² in 2006, near 30 for every square kilometre — space rather than crowding. Its plate code is allocated on the same terms as any other district's.

KAM Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the KAM 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
KAM-128AA VOLKS WAGEN GOLF 3 BLUE
KAM-174AA VOLKSWAGEN VENTO BLUE
KAM-236AA BENZ MERCEDES BENZ CUSTOM
KAM-305AA HYUNDAI TUCSON 1X35 CUSTOM BLACK
KAM-419AA Nissan Primera Custom
KAM-507AA Ford Transit Custom
KAM-628AA MITSUBISHI L 300 UYY182XA
KAM-741AA M/Benz 230 Custom
KAM-853AA RAV4 Custom
KAM-956AA RAV4 Custom
KAM-111AA TOYOTA TUNDRA ASH
KAM-222AA H. Arcabia 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 KAM Plates Look Like

15 Plates checked
Toyota Most common make — 4 of 14 records

Counted from the 15 KAM 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 KAM

Local Government Area
Akamkpa
State
Cross River
Headquarters
Akamkpa
Population
151,125 (2006)
Area
5,003 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 KAM Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so KAM places the paperwork in Akamkpa. 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 KAM plate away from Cross River 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 KAM plate number

What does the KAM plate number mean?

KAM is the registration code of Akamkpa Local Government Area in Cross River. 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 KAM plate number from?

Cross River. The code identifies the local government area — Akamkpa — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.

Codes Next to KAM in Cross River

Codes either side of KAM in the Cross River directory.

All Cross River plate number codes

Have a whole KAM 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.