Plate code

KCH Plate Number Meaning: Kachia, Kaduna

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

Kachia, seat at Kachia town, uses KCH. The 2006 census put 252,568 residents on 4,570 km², about 55 for every square kilometre. Two vehicles registered in the district on the same day carry these letters and differ only in the serial that follows.

KCH Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the KCH 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
KCH-305AA TOYOTA TOYOTA YARIS custom
KCH-741AA TOYOTA COROLLA GOLD
KCH-853AA KIA KIA BUS CARNIVAL BLUE

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 KCH

Local Government Area
Kachia
State
Kaduna
Headquarters
Kachia
Population
252,568 (2006)
Area
4,570 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 KCH Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so KCH places the paperwork in Kachia. 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 KCH plate away from Kaduna 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 KCH plate number

What does the KCH plate number mean?

KCH is the registration code of Kachia Local Government Area in Kaduna. 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 KCH plate number from?

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

Codes Next to KCH in Kaduna

Codes either side of KCH in the Kaduna directory.

All Kaduna plate number codes

Have a whole KCH 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.