Plate code

KPA Plate Number Meaning: Ankpa, Kogi

The KPA plate number is registered in Ankpa 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 KPA code — Ankpa, Kogi
A plate issued in Ankpa carries the KPA code. The characters after it are a sample, not a real registration.

KPA is issued in Ankpa, seat at Ankpa town. About 267,353 people lived across its 1,200 km² in 2006, some 223 for every square kilometre. The code is inherited with the papers when a vehicle changes hands. Whoever drives the car next inherits the same three letters.

KPA Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the KPA 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
KPA-174AA OPTIMA KIA N/A
KPA-236AA Volkswagen Passat Custom
KPA-419AA Volkswagen Passat Ash
KPA-507AA PONTIAC VIBE MARON
KPA-628AA Toyota Camry Custom
KPA-741AA Passat Green
KPA-956AA HONDA CITY CUSTOM
KPA-111AA Kia Sportage Jeep Blue
KPA-222AA Carina Custom
KPA-123AA Vento 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.

What KPA Plates Look Like

10 Plates checked
Volkswagen Most common make — 4 of 9 records

Counted from the 10 KPA 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 KPA

Local Government Area
Ankpa
State
Kogi
Headquarters
Ankpa
Population
267,353 (2006)
Area
1,200 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 KPA Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so KPA places the paperwork in Ankpa. 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 KPA 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 KPA plate number

What does the KPA plate number mean?

KPA is the registration code of Ankpa 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 KPA plate number from?

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

Have a whole KPA 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.