KBK Plate Number Meaning: Kabo, Kano
The KBK plate number is registered in Kabo Local Government Area, Kano. Those three letters record where the vehicle was first put on the road — not who drives it, and not where it is today.
Kabo, seat at Kabo town, uses KBK. The 2006 census counted 153,828 residents over 341 km², roughly 451 to the square kilometre. Codes are not batches or years of issue, so an old plate decodes to the same district as a new one.
KBK Plates We Have Checked
Plates carrying the KBK 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KBK-305AA | HONDA ACCORD | N/A | |
| KBK-419AA | V/WAGEN GOLF | N/A | |
| KBK-628AA | VOLKSWAGEN SHARAN | Custom | |
| KBK-222AA | HONDA ACCORD | N/A |
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 KBK
- Local Government Area
- Kabo
- State
- Kano
- Headquarters
- Kabo
- Population
- 153,828 (2006)
- Area
- 341 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 KBK Code Does and Does Not Tell You
A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so KBK places the paperwork in Kabo. 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 KBK plate away from Kano 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 KBK plate number
What does the KBK plate number mean?
KBK is the registration code of Kabo Local Government Area in Kano. 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 KBK plate number from?
Kano. The code identifies the local government area — Kabo — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.
Codes Next to KBK in Kano
Codes either side of KBK in the Kano directory.
Have a whole KBK 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.