Plate code

KWK Plate Number Meaning: Kanke, Plateau

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

Kanke uses KWK. The 2006 census counted 121,424 people across 926 km², near 131 for every square kilometre. Codes name districts rather than towns, so every settlement inside the local government area registers under these same three letters. Nothing after them on the plate names anywhere at all.

KWK Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the KWK 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
KWK-174AA HONDA ACCORD GOLD
KWK-236AA MERCEDES-BENZ 220 WHITE
KWK-507AA TOYOTA HIGHLANDER OX BLOOD
KWK-628AA HONDA CIVIC GRAY
KWK-111AA PEUGEOT 504 BLUE
KWK-222AA HONDA ACCORD ASH

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 KWK

Local Government Area
Kanke
State
Plateau
Headquarters
Kwal
Population
121,424 (2006)
Area
926 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 KWK Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so KWK places the paperwork in Kanke. 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 KWK plate away from Plateau 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 KWK plate number

What does the KWK plate number mean?

KWK is the registration code of Kanke Local Government Area in Plateau. 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 KWK plate number from?

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

Have a whole KWK 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.