Plate code

KTG Plate Number Meaning: Katagum, Bauchi

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

Katagum, run from Azare, registers vehicles as KTG. About 523,200 residents (2022) share 1,436 km², near 364 for every square kilometre. A code identifies where a car entered the register — its history afterwards is a matter for the chassis number.

KTG Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the KTG 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
KTG-128AA Volkswagen Golf Custom
KTG-174AA Volkswagen Golf Custom
KTG-236AA HONDA ACCORD GOLDEN
KTG-305AA MECEDES BENZ 240 CUSTOM
KTG-507AA VOLKSWAGEN GOLF BLUE
KTG-628AA OPEL VECTRA BLUE
KTG-741AA Honda Civic Custom
KTG-853AA OPEL VECTRA 1999 BLACK
KTG-956AA Honda Saloon Custom
KTG-111AA Opel Omega Red
KTG-222AA Honda Civic Red
KTG-999AA E 240 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 KTG Plates Look Like

14 Plates checked
Honda Most common make — 5 of 12 records
Red Most common colour — 3 of 8 records

Counted from the 14 KTG 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 KTG

Local Government Area
Katagum
State
Bauchi
Headquarters
Azare
Population
523,200 (2022)
Area
1,436 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 KTG Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so KTG places the paperwork in Katagum. 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 KTG plate away from Bauchi 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 KTG plate number

What does the KTG plate number mean?

KTG is the registration code of Katagum Local Government Area in Bauchi. 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 KTG plate number from?

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

Codes Next to KTG in Bauchi

Codes either side of KTG in the Bauchi directory.

All Bauchi plate number codes

Have a whole KTG 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.