KMC Plate Number Meaning: Kano-Municipal, Kano
The KMC plate number is registered in Kano-Municipal 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.
KMC is the Kano Municipal code, administered from Kofar Kudu. Around 365,525 people were counted there in 2006 within 17 km², roughly 21,501 to the square kilometre. Plates from the district turn up nationwide, because a code follows the car rather than its owner's address.
KMC Plates We Have Checked
Plates carrying the KMC 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KMC-174AA | V/WAGEN GOLF3 | CUSTOM | |
| KMC-956AA | 406 | Custom | |
| KMC-111AA | HONDA ACCORD | GOLDEN | |
| KMC-222AA | 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 KMC
- Local Government Area
- Kano-Municipal
- State
- Kano
- Headquarters
- Kofar Kudu
- Population
- 365,525 (2006)
- Area
- 17 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 KMC Code Does and Does Not Tell You
A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so KMC places the paperwork in Kano-Municipal. 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 KMC 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 KMC plate number
What does the KMC plate number mean?
KMC is the registration code of Kano-Municipal 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 KMC plate number from?
Kano. The code identifies the local government area — Kano-Municipal — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.
Codes Next to KMC in Kano
Codes either side of KMC in the Kano directory.
Have a whole KMC 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.