Plate code

KSD Plate Number Meaning: Kusada, Katsina

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

KSD belongs to Kusada. Around 199,267 people were recorded there in 2006 across 390 km², near 511 to the square kilometre. The code is inherited with the papers when a car changes hands, and lost only on re-registration elsewhere. Nothing after them on the plate names anywhere at all.

KSD Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the KSD 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
KSD-128AA PEUGEOT 406 DARK BLUE
KSD-236AA PEUGEOT 206
KSD-222AA TOYOTA YARIS 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.

The District Behind KSD

Local Government Area
Kusada
State
Katsina
Population
199,267 (2006)
Area
390 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 KSD Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so KSD places the paperwork in Kusada. 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 KSD plate away from Katsina 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 KSD plate number

What does the KSD plate number mean?

KSD is the registration code of Kusada Local Government Area in Katsina. 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 KSD plate number from?

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

Codes Next to KSD in Katsina

Codes either side of KSD in the Katsina directory.

All Katsina plate number codes

Have a whole KSD 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.