Plate code

KNA Plate Number Meaning: Dekina, Kogi

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

KNA belongs to Dekina. Around 260,312 people were recorded there in 2006 across 2,461 km², near 106 to the square kilometre. Codes are not batches or years of issue, so an old plate decodes to the same district as a new one.

KNA Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the KNA 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
KNA-128AA TOYOTA HILUX WHITE
KNA-236AA Toyota Rav4 Blue
KNA-305AA Peugeot 504 Brown
KNA-419AA Volkswagen Passat Blue
KNA-507AA Toyota Corolla Red
KNA-853AA TOYOTA COROLLA BROWN
KNA-111AA TOYOTA CAMRY NIL

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 KNA

Local Government Area
Dekina
State
Kogi
Population
260,312 (2006)
Area
2,461 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 KNA Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so KNA places the paperwork in Dekina. 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 KNA plate away from Kogi 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 KNA plate number

What does the KNA plate number mean?

KNA is the registration code of Dekina Local Government Area in Kogi. 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 KNA plate number from?

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

Codes Next to KNA in Kogi

Codes either side of KNA in the Kogi directory.

All Kogi plate number codes

Have a whole KNA 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.