Plate code

KWA Plate Number Meaning: Kukawa, Borno

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

KWA is issued in Kukawa, administered from Kukawa town, where the 2006 census recorded 203,864 residents. Whoever buys a car registered here inherits its code along with the papers, and only re-registration in a different local government area replaces the three letters.

KWA Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the KWA 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
KWA-741AA HONDA CIVIC 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 KWA

Local Government Area
Kukawa
State
Borno
Headquarters
Kukawa
Population
203,864 (2006)

Population and area describe the local government area itself and come from public census and geographic data, not from the plate register.

What the KWA Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so KWA places the paperwork in Kukawa. 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 KWA plate away from Borno 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 KWA plate number

What does the KWA plate number mean?

KWA is the registration code of Kukawa Local Government Area in Borno. 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 KWA plate number from?

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

Codes Next to KWA in Borno

Codes either side of KWA in the Borno directory.

All Borno plate number codes

Have a whole KWA 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.