Plate code

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.

Nigerian number plate with the KMC code — Kano-Municipal, Kano
A plate issued in Kano-Municipal carries the KMC code. The characters after it are a sample, not a real registration.

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.

All Kano plate number codes

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.