Plate code

KRA Plate Number Meaning: Kaura, Kaduna

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

Kaura, seat at Kaura town, issues KRA. The 2006 census counted 174,626 residents within 461 km², about 379 for every square kilometre. Codes are not batches or years of issue: an old plate decodes exactly like a new one, and to the same district.

KRA Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the KRA 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
KRA-507AA OPEL VECTRA MARON
KRA-628AA TOYOTA SIENNA OTHERS
KRA-741AA HONDA ACCORD CUSTOM
KRA-853AA LEXUS JEEP CREAM
KRA-956AA Toyota Hilux White

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 KRA

Local Government Area
Kaura
State
Kaduna
Headquarters
Kaura
Population
174,626 (2006)
Area
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 KRA Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so KRA places the paperwork in Kaura. 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 KRA plate away from Kaduna 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 KRA plate number

What does the KRA plate number mean?

KRA is the registration code of Kaura Local Government Area in Kaduna. 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 KRA plate number from?

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

Codes Next to KRA in Kaduna

Codes either side of KRA in the Kaduna directory.

All Kaduna plate number codes

Have a whole KRA 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.