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.
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
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.
Codes Next to KWE in Imo
Codes either side of KWE in the Imo directory.
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.