Plate code

KWM Plate Number Meaning: Kwami, Gombe

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

Kwami uses KWM. Around 195,298 residents lived across its 1,787 km² in 2006, some 109 for every square kilometre. The code stays with the car through resale and changes only on re-registration in another local government area. A directory resolves them; nothing on a plate resolves to a person.

KWM Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the KWM 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
KWM-128AA TOYOTA COROLLA CUSTOM
KWM-419AA TOYOTA HILUX (PICK UP) CUSTOM
KWM-507AA TOYOTA Corolla Custom
KWM-628AA TOYOTA YARIS CUSTOM
KWM-741AA 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 KWM

Local Government Area
Kwami
State
Gombe
Headquarters
Mallam Sidi
Population
195,298 (2006)
Area
1,787 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 KWM Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so KWM places the paperwork in Kwami. 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 KWM plate away from Gombe 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 KWM plate number

What does the KWM plate number mean?

KWM is the registration code of Kwami Local Government Area in Gombe. 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 KWM plate number from?

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

Have a whole KWM 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.