KHS Plate Number Meaning: Kafin-Hausa, Jigawa
The KHS plate number is registered in Kafin-Hausa 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.
Kafin Hausa registers as KHS, from its headquarters at Kafin Hausa. The 2006 census counted 271,058 people across 1,380 km², some 196 for every square kilometre. A code is a registration fact and survives every sale the vehicle goes through.
KHS Plates We Have Checked
Plates carrying the KHS 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KHS-222AA | HONDA CIVIC | CUSTOM | |
| KHS-123AA | HONDA ACCORD | 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 KHS
- Local Government Area
- Kafin-Hausa
- State
- Jigawa
- Headquarters
- Kafin Hausa
- Population
- 271,058 (2006)
- Area
- 1,380 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 KHS Code Does and Does Not Tell You
A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so KHS places the paperwork in Kafin-Hausa. 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 KHS 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 KHS plate number
What does the KHS plate number mean?
KHS is the registration code of Kafin-Hausa 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 KHS plate number from?
Jigawa. The code identifies the local government area — Kafin-Hausa — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.
Codes Next to KHS in Jigawa
Codes either side of KHS in the Jigawa directory.
Have a whole KHS 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.