Plate code

KWE Plate Number Meaning: Onuimo, Imo

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

KWE marks Onuimo. The 2006 census counted 99,368 residents across 87 km², roughly 1,142 for every square kilometre. Codes are allocated by district rather than by population, so a small local government area holds a full set of three letters exactly like a large one.

KWE Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the KWE 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
KWE-128AA Saab Saloon Car Custom
KWE-174AA Toyota Camry Custom
KWE-236AA M/Benz 200 Custom
KWE-305AA Camry Custom
KWE-419AA MERCEDES-BENZ E2005 NIL
KWE-507AA PASSAT WAGON CUSTOM
KWE-628AA Caravan Space Wagon Ash
KWE-956AA TOYOTA SIENNA GREY
KWE-111AA Nissan Xterra Jeep Custom
KWE-999AA ACURA MDX CUSTOM
KWE-123AA Honda Odyssey 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 KWE Plates Look Like

11 Plates checked
Toyota Most common make — 3 of 10 records

Counted from the 11 KWE 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 KWE

Local Government Area
Onuimo
State
Imo
Headquarters
Okwe
Population
99,368 (2006)
Area
87 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 KWE Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so KWE places the paperwork in Onuimo. 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 KWE plate away from Imo 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 KWE plate number

What does the KWE plate number mean?

KWE is the registration code of Onuimo Local Government Area in Imo. 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 KWE plate number from?

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

Have a whole KWE 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.