Plate code

KGM Plate Number Meaning: Kaugama, Jigawa

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

KGM marks Kaugama, seat at Kaugama town. About 127,956 residents lived over its 883 km² in 2006, roughly 145 to the square kilometre. Codes name districts, never batches or years of issue, so an older plate decodes the same way a new one does.

KGM Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the KGM 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
KGM-128AA TOYOTA SALON Custom
KGM-174AA B M W 3 SERIES B M W E36 Custom
KGM-111AA HONDA CIVIC UK CUSTOM
KGM-222AA HONDA ACCORD Custom
KGM-123AA PEUGEOT 406 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 KGM

Local Government Area
Kaugama
State
Jigawa
Headquarters
Kaugama
Population
127,956 (2006)
Area
883 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 KGM Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so KGM places the paperwork in Kaugama. 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 KGM plate away from Jigawa 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 KGM plate number

What does the KGM plate number mean?

KGM is the registration code of Kaugama Local Government Area in Jigawa. 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 KGM plate number from?

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

Codes Next to KGM in Jigawa

Codes either side of KGM in the Jigawa directory.

All Jigawa plate number codes

Have a whole KGM 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.