Plate code

KMK Plate Number Meaning: Kolokuma/Opokuma, Bayelsa

The KMK plate number is registered in Kolokuma/Opokuma Local Government Area, Bayelsa. 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 KMK code — Kolokuma/Opokuma, Bayelsa
A plate issued in Kolokuma/Opokuma carries the KMK code. The characters after it are a sample, not a real registration.

KMK belongs to Kolokuma/Opokuma. With around 299,453 people (2024) on 361 km² it is the least populous district in Bayelsa, at about 830 to the square kilometre. Population plays no part in how codes are handed out — every district gets exactly one.

KMK Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the KMK 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
KMK-174AA TOYOTA SIENNA CREAM
KMK-236AA TOYOTA RAV 4 BLUE
KMK-305AA FORD GALAXY DARK GREEN
KMK-419AA LEXUS RX300 ASH
KMK-507AA TOYOTA CAMRY GREEN
KMK-741AA HONDA CUSTOM
KMK-956AA TOYOTA SIENNA GREEN
KMK-111AA TOYOTA HILUX WHITE
KMK-222AA TOYOTA RAV 4 CUATOM
KMK-999AA MERCEDES-BENZ ML320 BLOCK NORMAL
KMK-123AA TOYOTA HIGH LANDER BLACK
KMK-987AA KIA SHUMA ASH

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.

What KMK Plates Look Like

12 Plates checked
Toyota Most common make — 7 of 12 records

Counted from the 12 KMK plates we hold. It describes what we have seen, not the vehicle register — and the colour is the paint on the car, which is a different question from the colour of the plate itself. What plate colours mean

The District Behind KMK

Local Government Area
Kolokuma/Opokuma
State
Bayelsa
Headquarters
Kaiama
Population
299,453 (2024)
Area
361 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 KMK Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so KMK places the paperwork in Kolokuma/Opokuma. 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 KMK plate away from Bayelsa 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 KMK plate number

What does the KMK plate number mean?

KMK is the registration code of Kolokuma/Opokuma Local Government Area in Bayelsa. 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 KMK plate number from?

Bayelsa. The code identifies the local government area — Kolokuma/Opokuma — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.

Codes Next to KMK in Bayelsa

Codes either side of KMK in the Bayelsa directory.

All Bayelsa plate number codes

Have a whole KMK 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.