Plate code

KWR Plate Number Meaning: Kware, Sokoto

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

Kware, administered from Kware town, uses KWR. The 2006 census put 133,899 residents on 554 km², about 242 for every square kilometre. The code is replaced only by re-registration in another district; a change of owner leaves it untouched. The letters are the one part of a plate tied to a place.

KWR Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the KWR 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
KWR-111AA Pontiac Saloon 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 KWR

Local Government Area
Kware
State
Sokoto
Headquarters
Kware
Population
133,899 (2006)
Area
554 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 KWR Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so KWR places the paperwork in Kware. 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 KWR plate away from Sokoto 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 KWR plate number

What does the KWR plate number mean?

KWR is the registration code of Kware Local Government Area in Sokoto. 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 KWR plate number from?

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

Codes Next to KWR in Sokoto

Codes either side of KWR in the Sokoto directory.

All Sokoto plate number codes

Have a whole KWR 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.