Plate code

KUT Plate Number Meaning: Shiroro, Niger

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

KUT is the Shiroro code, run from Kuta. The 2006 census recorded 235,404 residents over 5,015 km², roughly 47 for every square kilometre. The letters follow the vehicle rather than the driver and survive every change of hands. The code was issued with the papers and outlives most of them.

KUT Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the KUT 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
KUT-236AA TOYOTA COROLLA CUSTOM
KUT-111AA HONDA ACCORD CUSTOM
KUT-222AA FORD EXPLORER CUSTOM
KUT-123AA HONDA ACCORD 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 KUT

Local Government Area
Shiroro
State
Niger
Headquarters
Kuta
Population
235,404 (2006)
Area
5,015 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 KUT Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so KUT places the paperwork in Shiroro. 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 KUT plate away from Niger 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 KUT plate number

What does the KUT plate number mean?

KUT is the registration code of Shiroro Local Government Area in Niger. 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 KUT plate number from?

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

Codes Next to KUT in Niger

Codes either side of KUT in the Niger directory.

All Niger plate number codes

Have a whole KUT 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.