Plate code

KTA Plate Number Meaning: Akpabuyo, Cross River

The KTA plate number is registered in Akpabuyo Local Government Area, Cross River. 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 KTA code — Akpabuyo, Cross River
A plate issued in Akpabuyo carries the KTA code. The characters after it are a sample, not a real registration.

KTA belongs to Akpabuyo, seat at Ikot-Nakanda. The 2006 census counted 271,395 people across 1,241 km², roughly 219 for every square kilometre. Reading the code places a registration; identifying the car itself is what a chassis number is for. The code itself is issued once and never reused elsewhere in the state.

KTA Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the KTA 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
KTA-128AA Nissan Primera Custom
KTA-174AA Passat Custom
KTA-236AA MAZDA 626 626 DEEP GREEN
KTA-305AA MERCEDES-BENZ 220 GREEN
KTA-419AA Toyota Camry Saloon Car. Custom
KTA-507AA Golf III Custom
KTA-628AA 80 Custom
KTA-741AA Toyota Corolla Saloon Car. Gold
KTA-853AA TOYOTA COROLLA ASH
KTA-956AA Golf III Custom
KTA-111AA FORD EXPLORER YELLOW
KTA-222AA TOYOTA 4 RUNNER GOLD

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 KTA Plates Look Like

15 Plates checked
Toyota Most common make — 5 of 14 records

Counted from the 15 KTA 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 KTA

Local Government Area
Akpabuyo
State
Cross River
Headquarters
Ikot-Nakanda
Population
271,395 (2006)
Area
1,241 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 KTA Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so KTA places the paperwork in Akpabuyo. 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 KTA plate away from Cross River 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 KTA plate number

What does the KTA plate number mean?

KTA is the registration code of Akpabuyo Local Government Area in Cross River. 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 KTA plate number from?

Cross River. The code identifies the local government area — Akpabuyo — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.

Codes Next to KTA in Cross River

Codes either side of KTA in the Cross River directory.

All Cross River plate number codes

Have a whole KTA 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.