Plate code

KNH Plate Number Meaning: Ogbomoso-North, Oyo

The KNH plate number is registered in Ogbomoso-North Local Government Area, Oyo. 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 KNH code — Ogbomoso-North, Oyo
A plate issued in Ogbomoso-North carries the KNH code. The characters after it are a sample, not a real registration.

KNH is the Ogbomosho North code, covering 235 km². Nigerian codes are allocated to local government areas permanently and are not recycled between them, which is what allows a three-letter lookup to answer the same way for a plate made years ago as for one made this week.

KNH Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the KNH 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
KNH-305AA Nissan Primera S/C Green
KNH-222AA Camry Grey

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 KNH

Local Government Area
Ogbomoso-North
State
Oyo
Headquarters
Kinnira
Area
235 km²
Also spelled
Ogbomosho North

Population and area describe the local government area itself and come from public census and geographic data, not from the plate register.

What the KNH Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so KNH places the paperwork in Ogbomoso-North. 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 KNH plate away from Oyo 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 KNH plate number

What does the KNH plate number mean?

KNH is the registration code of Ogbomoso-North Local Government Area in Oyo. 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 KNH plate number from?

Oyo. The code identifies the local government area — Ogbomoso-North — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.

Have a whole KNH 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.